KnowraDarius IIILinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Darius III, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 7Compared with 1Alexander the GreatCompared with: His resistance makes clear that Alexander’s empire was won through war against an established imperial power.Battle of GaugamelaRelated: His flight from the field ended organized Persian resistance at Gaugamela.Battle of IssusRelated: His presence with the Persian army made his flight a defining moment of the battle.Artaxerxes IIIRelated: He inherited an empire whose territorial strength had been restored under Artaxerxes III.BagoasRelated: Bagoas served at his court and reportedly plotted against him.Thirty-first Dynasty of EgyptRelated: His empire’s collapse left Egypt vulnerable to Macedonian conquest.Battle of the Persian GateRelated: His defeats made the defense of Persis a local stand against Alexander’s expanding conquest.ParmenionRelated: Parmenion’s position in Media placed him near Darius’s former imperial centers after the king’s defeat.