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Battles of Alexander the Great

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Battle of Gaugamela
decisive battle of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire
Battle of Issus
second great battle of Alexander's conquest of Asia
Battle of the Hydaspes
battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BCE against King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the Hydaspes River (Jhelum River) in the Punjab near Bhera
Battle of Chaeronea
338 BCE battle during the expansion of Macedonia under Philip II
Battle of the Granicus
334 BCE battle between Macedonians and Persians
Siege of Tyre
siege of the largest and most important city-state of Phoenicia by Alexander the Great
Battle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain
battle between Alexander the Great and Ariobarzanes near Persepolis in a small mountainpass known as the Persian gate along the Royal road
Siege of Gaza
332 BC siege
Siege of Halicarnassus
siege between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 334 BC
Siege of Miletus
siege during the Wars of Alexander the Great (334 BC)
Siege of the Sogdian Rock
fortress located north of Bactria in Sogdiana (near Samarkand), was captured by the forces of Alexander the Great in the early spring of 327 BC as part of his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire
Battle of Jaxartes
329 BCE battle
Siege of Pelium
siege undertaken by Alexander the Great against the Illyrian tribes
Battle of Thebes
335 BCE battle between Alexander the Great and the Greek city state of Thebes
Alexander's Balkan campaign
campaign of Alexander the Great in 335 BCE against a number of rebellious vassals of the Macedonian kingdom
Aornos
thumb|A 19th century painting of the Siege of the Aornos. thumb|The Aornos is located to the north of Taxila thumb|The Rock of Aornos, Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtun Khwa (KPK), Pakistan
Mallian Campaign
military campaign conducted by Alexander the Great from November 326 to February 325 BCE against the Malli of the eastern Punjab
Siege of Cyropolis
329 BCE siege
Battle of the Uxian Defile
330 BCE battle