Granicus- Location 4

The battle of Granicus, which was actually fought along the Granicus River, also in Turkey, was the first of three major battles that Alexander fought with the Persian Empire. It took place in 334 BC. It was here that Alexander won his first major victory, and quite easily at that. As with the battle of Issus, which would come later on, he fought with the army of Macedon along with some Greek allies, against the Archaemenid Empire, and many Greek mercenaries. This was one of the several times that Alexander didn’t fight alone. He fought along with Parmenion and Cleitus the Black who were both friends of his. The Persian commanders outnumbered them 4 to 1, and even though Alexander was inexperienced, him and his allies pulled off another victory, only losing 400 men to the Persians 4000. The victory gave him control over half of Asia Minor.