111: The Man Who Could Walk Through Empires

Map of Alexander’s campaigns via Wikimedia Commons (special thanks to Umberto from So You Think You Can Rule Persia)

After Darius III’s defeat at Gaugamela, Alexander the Great tore through the Persian capitals, taking Babylon and Susa without a fight, and only stalling on his way to Persepolis during the Battle of the Persian Gates. The Macedonians reveled, Persepolis burned, and King Darius fled, ceding Ecbatana to the conqueror.
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