Alexander fights bravely during the Battle of Gaugamela.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of Gaugamela, Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Victim (Group) :	Army of Darius III Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Third Party (Person) :	Darius III Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Third Party (Group) :	Army of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 32.2Plutarch Alexander 32.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Gaugamela (Tell Gomel)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	331 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	ambition
Original Text :	οὐ μόνον δὲ πρὸ τῆς μάχης, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρ᾽ αὐτὸν τὸν κίνδυνον ἐπεδείξατο μέγαν καὶ συνεστηκότα τῷ λογίζεσθαι καὶ θαρρεῖν ἑαυτόν.
Translation :	And not only before the battle, but also in the very thick of the struggle did he show himself great, and firm in his confident calculations.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
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