Meaning Behind the Painting, The Battle of Alexander at Issus

The battle of Alexander at Issus is the most famous picture of Albrecht Altdorfer (www.wikipedia.org). This picture painted in September 1528 shows that the young Alexander the Great broke the Persian army of Darius III in Isss fight in 333 BC (www.ibiblio.org). Issos is the Old Town of a small town in Southeast Asia close to Turkey's modern Iskenderrum, but in this painting it is exhibited in the rocky environment of the German city Alps (www.ibiblio.org).

Alexander's unrecoverable victory in 334 B.C. urged Darius III of Persian king to lead the army against the Greek union in the public fight of 333 B.C. Here, Alexander celebrated his first major obstacle - his number has exceeded the ratio of at least 2/3: 1. However, Alexander can directly penetrate the Persian line by following Darius and his bodyguard directly. Fear, the great King of Persia is retreating, letting their battle position widely abandoned, our warship invaders win again

In the fight of Cheroenaire, 18-year-old Alexander led the most feared fighting power in the ancient world - the sacred band of Thebes. In the fight between Issus and Gua Gamera, he met Darius III, Persian king who was the ruler of the world's largest empire. In the battle of Granicus, before A Persian soldier cut his head, Alexander 's friend Kritos Black had to intervene. The list continues (see MJ Mann's article on the second Achilles website for a detailed explanation of Alexander's battlefield damage)

Alexander the Great became king after his father, Philip II 's death. Alexander began to conquer the Battle of Persian Empire 334 BC with Granicus. Alexander's unit destroyed the Persian army. A year after that, Alexander the Great defeated the Persian forces in the battle of Isas, and released Asia Minor Asia in Greece. Then he captured Syria and Egypt. Alexander built the city of Alexandria as the commercial center of Egypt. Alexandria has become one of the most important cities in the ancient world. Alexander the Great continued conquering the Persian Empire (in modern Pakistan, India and Iran). In 323 BC, Alexander planned to invade the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, but he died of illness