Definitions for Gaugamela

Gaugamela Gau·ga·me·la

Spelling: [gaw-guh-mee-luh]
IPA: /ˌgɔ gəˈmi lə/

Gaugamela is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in Gaugamela (aaaegglmu).

Definitions for Gaugamela

noun

  1. an ancient village in Assyria, E of Nineveh: Alexander the Great defeated Darius III here in 331 b.c. The battle is often mistakenly called “battle of Arbela.”.

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Gaugamela is situate in one of the wide plains that lie between the Tigris and the mountains of Kurdistan.

Gaugamela is situated in one of the wide plains that lie between the Tigris and the mountains of Kurdistan.

In the battle of Gaugamela (1st of October 331) he commanded the troops of his satrapy.

The decisive battle with Darius was fought at Gaugamela, not at Arbela, as most writers tell us.

Arbela was probably the city, and Gaugamela the temple; both sacred to the same Deity, under different names.

But we are assured by this writer, that it was decided at Gaugamela.

The great battle, of which we have been speaking, was confessedly fought at Gaugamela.

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