The Battle of Gaugamela

The Ancient Warfare Magazine team discusses their issue on Gaugamela — Alexander's decisive battle against Darius III in 331 BC. This is the battle that broke the Achaemenid Empire, and the podcast covers the tactical picture: Alexander's oblique advance, the gap that opened in the Macedonian line, the cavalry action on the flanks, and why Darius's numerical superiority couldn't translate into victory. The magazine-discussion format means multiple contributors weigh in with different angles on the sources and the terrain, which keeps it from becoming a single-narrator retelling.