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Aornos (Ancient Gr****: Ἄορνος) was the site of
Alexander the Great's last siege,
which took
place in
April 326 BC, at a
mountain site
located in modern...
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Alexander in this campaign, was made the
governor of
Aornos.[citation needed]
After reducing Aornos,
Alexander crossed the
Indus to
begin campaigning in...
- Styx. See also:
Aornos, the site of the
battle fought by
Alexander the Great's
forces Avernus, a
volcanic crater in
Italy called Aornos by the Gr****s,...
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stubborn resistance to
Alexander in the
strongholds of M****aga, Ora and
Aornos. The fort of M****aga
could only be
reduced after several days of bloody...
- to the
fortress of
Aornos.
Alexander followed close behind and
captured the
strategic hill-fort
after four
bloody days.
After Aornos,
Alexander crossed...
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Gandhara is
marked by the
storming of the
almost impregnable pinnacle of
Aornos, a few
miles west of the Indus. The
relations between Alexander and Aristotle...
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Bazira (possibly Bazar) soon fell. The
people of
Bazira fled to the rock
Aornos, but
Alexander made
Embolima (possibly Amb) his base, and
attacked the rock...
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Bactria Cyropolis Sogdian Rock
Expedition into
India Indian campaigns Cophen Aornos Hydaspes Mallian Death and
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- and very
prosperous during the 3rd
century AD. The city used to be
called Aornos (Bactrian: οαρνο, romanized: warn) and
later Walwalij or Varvaliz, a compound...
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Bactria Cyropolis Sogdian Rock
Expedition into
India Indian campaigns Cophen Aornos Hydaspes Mallian Death and
legacy Death Tomb ****enistic
period Cities Cult...
