Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle_of_issus

1 sense of battle of issus

Sense 1
Issus, battle of Issus -- (a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)