Gaugamēla (English spelling)

Japanese: Gaugamēla(英語表記)Gaugamela
Gaugamēla (English spelling)

…In the autumn of 331 BCE, Alexander the Great, who had advanced into northern Mesopotamia, encountered the Persian army of Darius III on the plains near Gaugamela (Tell Gomer) on the left bank of the Tigris River, and defeated them again after the Battle of Issus (333 BCE). Alexander pursued Darius, who had left the battlefield in the middle of the battle, all night long, about 90 km south to Arbela, but was unable to catch him. However, Darius' authority was completely lost, and Alexander thereafter officially called himself "King of Asia." …

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Japanese:

…前331年秋,北メソポタミアに進攻したアレクサンドロス大王が,ティグリス川左岸ガウガメラGaugamēla(テル・ゴメル)付近の平原でダレイオス3世のペルシア軍と遭遇し,イッソスの戦(前333)に次いで再びこれを破った戦い。アレクサンドロスは戦闘半ばに戦場を離脱したダレイオスを,約90km南のアルベラArbēlaまで徹宵追跡したが及ばず,しかしダレイオスの権威は全く失われ,アレクサンドロスは以後正式に〈アジアの王〉を称した。…

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