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Episode 002 · Out Nov 6, 2026

A 23-year-old vs the King of Kings – Battle of Issus

November 333 BC: Alexander of Macedon meets Darius III at Issus. A huge army (but not 600,000), a narrow battlefield, a boss who runs – and the strangest mix-up of the ancient world.

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Sources

Every claim in the video was checked against these sources. Where they disagree, the video words it carefully; legends are marked as legends.

In short: Arrian, Anabasis 2.8–2.12; Diodorus 17.37; Wikipedia "Battle of Issus", "Darius III", "Sisygambis"; Livius.org.

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of Issus en.wikipedia.org
  2. Livius: Issus livius.org
  3. World History Encyclopedia worldhistory.org
  4. Wikipedia: Alexander the Great en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia: Darius III en.wikipedia.org
  6. gutenberg.org gutenberg.org
  7. Wikipedia: Sisygambis en.wikipedia.org

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