The Battle of Arbela also called The Battle of Gaugamela, was the result of Alexander the Greats invasion of the Persian empire. After he conquered Egypt, he set out to Mesopotamia were he thought he would see the Persians because once across the Tigris river the Macedonian reported that they had seen Persian Calvary. So without taking chances he sent his army forward and they charged forward the are once reported, the Persians weren't found. Alexander was then told by one of his captives that Darius was waiting for him in Gaugamela. The armies were about seven miles apart, Alexander set up camp, then set out with his troops around midnight and had arrived to where the Persians were, he saw the fires that the Persians had. His troops kept telling
