Digna orbis Imperia virtus (The Battle of Gaugamela near Arbela on 1st October 331 BC), Bernard Picart, 1700 - 1710, Graphic Art, Etching, Copper Engraving, Those close to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) at the Battle of Gaugamela on 1 October 331 BC believed they saw an eagle hovering above Alexander’s head. The Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus (1st century AD) wrote this in his biography of Alexander. The seer Aristander, who closely followed Alexander on foot

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