Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba mayelana nezimpi ngaphansi kuka-Alexander the Great yimuphi umzabalazo owenzeka ngaphambi kwempi yase-Issus
Context:Impi yase-Issus (futhi i-Issos) yenzeka eningizimu ye-Anatolia, ngomhlaka 5 Novemba 333 BC phakathi kwe-Hellenic League eholwa ngu-Alexander the Great kanye noMbuso wase-Achaemenid, owawuholwa nguDarius III. Kwakuyimpi yesibili enkulu yokunqoba kuka - Alexander i - Asia, nokuhlangana kokuqala phakathi kukaDariyu III no - Alexander Omkhulu. Le mpi yaphumela ekunqobeni kwamabutho aseMakedoniya amabutho asePheresiya.  Ngemva kokuba iNhlangano YamaGreki inqobe ngokuphelele ababusi basePheresiya baseAsia Minor (ababeholwa isosha eliqashiwe laseGrisi uMemnon waseRhodes) eMpini yaseGranicus, uDariyu wathatha isikhundla sokuba umlawuli webutho lakhe. Waqoqa izinsiza futhi wahola amadoda akhe ohambweni olungazelelwe ngemuva kokuqhubekela phambili kwamaHellenic, ukuze anqamule umugqa wabo wokuphakelwa. U - Alexander waphoqeleka ukuba aphendule, futhi kwase kulungiselelwe impi eduze komlomo woMfula iPinarus nedolobha lase - Issus.
Impi YaseGranicus