Battle of Jaxartes
| Battle of Jaxartes | |||||||
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| Part of the Wars of Alexander the Great | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Macedonia Hellenic League | Saka | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alexander the Great | Satraces | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,000 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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160 killed 1,000 wounded |
1,200 killed 150 captured | ||||||
900km
559miles
559miles
15
Babylon
14
Malavas
13
Hydaspes
12
Cophen
11
Jaxartes
10
Persian Gate
9
Uxians
8
Gaugamela
7
Alexandria
6
Gaza
5
Tyre
4
Issus
3
Miletus
2
Granicus
1
Pella
current battle
The Battle of Jaxartes was fought in 329 BC by Alexander the Great and his Hellenic (Greek) army against the Saka at the River Jaxartes, now known as the Syr Darya River. The site of the battle straddles the modern borders of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, just south-west of the ancient city of Tashkent (the modern capital of Uzbekistan) and north-east of Khujand (a city in Tajikistan).