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<blockquote data-quote="BMWMC" data-source="post: 5112080" data-attributes="member: 37461">&quot;Battle of Gaugamela, also called Battle of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Erbil" target="_blank">Arbela</a>, (Oct. 1, 331 BC) battle in which <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-the-Great" target="_blank">Alexander the Great</a> completed his conquest of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Darius-III" target="_blank">Darius III</a>’s <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Persian" target="_blank">Persian</a> Empire. It was an extraordinary victory achieved against a numerically superior army on ground chosen by the Persians. As at Issus, the aggression of the Macedonian cavalry led by Alexander carried the day.&quot;Britannica. I am a student of history and a fan of reenactments; as they can be retold from tales and text of that time; andas former soldier, I can empathise with those individuals, who on that day, so long ago, stood a post. A post next to one another who stood on that same post, and shared its danger, and together made themselves inseparable to each others fate. The future of Western Culture was decided here in 331 BC. Think about that? It could have gone in such a different direction if Alexander had lost.&nbsp; They don&#039;t call him Alexander the Great for nothing. [MEDIA=youtube]u73M1iBwW8o[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BMWMC, post: 5112080, member: 37461"] [B]"Battle of Gaugamela[/B], also called Battle of [URL='https://www.britannica.com/place/Erbil']Arbela[/URL], (Oct. 1, 331 BC) battle in which [URL='https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-the-Great']Alexander the Great[/URL] completed his conquest of [URL='https://www.britannica.com/biography/Darius-III']Darius III[/URL]’s [URL='https://www.britannica.com/topic/Persian']Persian[/URL] Empire. It was an extraordinary victory achieved against a numerically superior army on ground chosen by the Persians. As at Issus, the aggression of the Macedonian cavalry led by Alexander carried the day." Britannica. I am a student of history and a fan of reenactments; as they can be retold from tales and text of that time; and as former soldier, I can empathise with those individuals, who on that day, so long ago, stood a post. A post next to one another who stood on that same post, and shared its danger, and together made themselves inseparable to each others fate. The future of Western Culture was decided here in 331 BC. Think about that? It could have gone in such a different direction if Alexander had lost. They don't call him Alexander the Great for nothing. [MEDIA=youtube]u73M1iBwW8o[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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