Issus

, now Ai e , a town of Cilicia, on the confines of Syria, famous for a battle fought there between Alexander the Great and the Persians under Darius their king, in October, B.C. 333, in consequence of which it was called Nicopolis . In this battle the Persians lost, in the field of battle, 100,000 foot and 10,000 horse, and the Maced on i ans only 300 foot and 150 horse, according to Diodorus Siculus. The Persian army, according to Justin, consisted of 400,000 foot and 100,000 horse, and 61,000 of the former and 10,000 of the latter were left dead on the spot, and 40,000 were taken prisoners. The lo of the Maced on i ans, as he further adds, was no more than 130 foot and 150 horse. According to Curtius, the Persians slain amounted to 100,000 foot and 10,000 horse; and those of Alexander to 32 foot and 150 horse killed, and 504 wounded. This spot is likewise famous for the defeat of Niger by Severus, A.D. 194. Plutarch , Alexander .— Justin , bk. 11 , ch. 9 .— Curtius , bk. 3 , ch. 7 .— Arrian. — Diodorus , bk. 17 .— Cicero , bk. 5 , Letters to Atticus , ltr. 20 ; Letters to his Friends , bk. 2 , ltr. 10 .