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Which of Alexander's battles did he win because the gate was left open? (Classics)

  • 05-02-2008 5:38pm
    #1
    hatrickpatrick
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    I'm looking over the Arrian at the moment, and I'm trying to remember: in one of alexander's battles, it went on for absolutely ages, but he won in the end because when the locals were driven back into the city, they didn't close the gate behind them, allowing Alexander's men into the city... Does anyone remember which battle it was?


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  • #2
    monellia
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    That doesn't sound very familiar, but you could be thinking of Thebes. It wasn't a case of the Thebans simply forgetting to close the gates, though. They were kinda being driven back into the city by Perdiccas' and Alexander's overwhelming forces. You'll find it in Book One.

    And in the battle at Sangala (Book Five), Ptolemy's men invaded when the Indians opened the gates.


  • #3
    rachqx
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    Hi the gate ur thinking of is called the Electra gate,it happened during the siege of thebes 335bc,the above comment is right also,at the start od the siege the thebans had the upper hand then the macedonian phalanx pushed through the Electra gate....im a big classics fan and luckily for me the siege of thebes came uo in the mocks!...although just thinkin if ur saying it took ages it mighnt be thebes because thebes only took around 24 hours...hope i was of some help;)


  • #4
    monellia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭monellia


    rachqx wrote: »
    Hi the gate ur thinking of is called the Electra gate,it happened during the siege of thebes 335bc,the above comment is right also,at the start od the siege the thebans had the upper hand then the macedonian phalanx pushed through the Electra gate....im a big classics fan and luckily for me the siege of thebes came uo in the mocks!...although just thinkin if ur saying it took ages it mighnt be thebes because thebes only took around 24 hours...hope i was of some help;)
    Hey Rach, when did you have your Mocks? I didn't really intend to concentrate of the seige of Thebes as my teach is OBSESSED with Granicus atm but i have a whole two weeks to study so


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