Battle of Granicus

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ancient battle battle

The Battle of the Granicus was Alexander the Great’s first major victory over the Persian Empire in 334 BC, marking the beginning of his conquest of Asia Minor.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of the Granicus	2
Battle of the River Granicus	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
AlexanderRisk	Alexander nearly killed in combat ⓘ
AlexanderRole	personally led the Companion cavalry charge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Granicus ⓘ surface form: Battle of the River Granicus
associatedWith	Achaemenid satrapies in Asia Minor ⓘ Companion cavalry ⓘ
belligerent	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Greek allied contingents ⓘ Macedon ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Macedon Macedon ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Empire Persian satraps ⓘ surface form: Persian satraps of Asia Minor
combatantStrength	Macedonian army with Companion cavalry and phalanx ⓘ Persian cavalry and Greek mercenary infantry ⓘ
commander	Alexander the Great ⓘ Arsites ⓘ Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ Parmenion ⓘ
conflictIn	Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ surface form: Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ
date	334 BC ⓘ
era	Hellenistic period (early phase) ⓘ
followedBy	Siege of Halicarnassus ⓘ Siege of Miletus ⓘ
historicalSource	Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ surface form: Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Life of Alexander ⓘ surface form: Plutarch's Life of Alexander
locatedIn	Asia Minor ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear	Dardanelles ⓘ surface form: Hellespont
locatedOnRiver	Hydraotes River ⓘ surface form: Granicus River
notableEvent	Cleitus the Black saved Alexander's life ⓘ
partOf	Alexander the Great's campaigns ⓘ
politicalConsequence	encouraged Greek cities in Asia Minor to submit to Alexander ⓘ weakened Persian defensive strategy in the west ⓘ
precededBy	Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: Crossing of the Hellespont by Alexander the Great
result	Macedonian victory ⓘ decisive Macedonian victory ⓘ
significance	first major victory of Alexander the Great over the Persian Empire ⓘ opened the way for the conquest of Asia Minor ⓘ secured Alexander's foothold in Asia ⓘ
tacticsUsed	frontal cavalry assault across river ⓘ use of Companion cavalry wedge formation ⓘ
territorialConsequence	Macedonian control of western Asia Minor ⓘ collapse of Persian authority in much of Asia Minor ⓘ
year	334 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Granicus → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Granicus ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus

this entity surface form: Battle of the River Granicus

Asian campaign → includesEvent → Battle of Granicus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Granicus

Alexander the Great → notableBattle → Battle of Granicus ⓘ

Battle of Issus → precededBy → Battle of Granicus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Granicus