The Persian Army- Diyan Chheda

 The Persian Army

Author : DIYAN CHHEDA

For almost 250 years(560 -330BCE), from the times of Cyrus the Great to Darius III, the Achaemenid Persian Army compromised warriors recruited from different parts of the vast empire, in addition to a large number of Greek mercenaries. The army itself was immense, but it was poorly organized and too heterogeneous. Today I am going to cover the Decimal System and the Battle of Gaugamela. So stay tuned for the whole adventure.

Decimal System
The Persian army was organized into units of 10,000 soldiers [baivarbam], divided into 1000 groups of [hazarabam], 100 [sataba] and finally 10[dathaba]. The most important combat unit was the light cavalry, which was located on the flanks with the task of surrounding and attacking the enemy army. The most important infantry units were the archers, tasked with weakening the rival defences with a constant barrage of arrows, with the experienced Greek hoplite merceneries located at the centre of the line.

The Battle of Gaugamela
Fought in 331BCE, Gaugamela was pivotal in deciding the fate of the Persian Empire. Having been defeated at Issus by the phalanx of Alexander the Great, Darius III gathered together a formidable army on a large plain close to the River Tigris. In theory, the land on which the battle was to be fought should have favoured the Persian Army, which included elephants and 200 crescent-shaped warrior chariots. However, the Battle of Gaugamela would be the first historic example that power in number did not always guarantee victory.
The battle of Gaugamela tactics used by the Persian and the Macedonian army.


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