Site of the Battle of the Granicus located – claim

The Battle of the Granicus in May 334 BC was the first major conflict fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian King Darius III. Now a Turkish researcher claims he has located the precise site of the clash. Professor Reyhan Körpe, Department of History at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University (COMU) said: “Our research, combined with a careful reading of ancient sources, has led us to pinpoint the exact location of the battle, the villages involved, and its position within the plains.” The river Granikos is nowadays called the Biga River (Biga Çayı). Körpe identified the remains of Hermoton, which Arrian (Anabasis 1.12.6) reports was the location of Alexander’s last camp before the battle. The researchers undertook geomorphological tests to reconstruct what the nearby landscape looked like at the time.…

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