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The Battle of Gaugamela ( GAW-gə-MEE-lə; Ancient Greek: Γαυγάμηλα, romanized: Gaugámēla, lit. 'the Camel's House'), also called the Battle of Arbela (Ἄρβηλα, Árbēla), took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great and the Persian Army under King Darius III. It was the second and final battle between the two kings, and is considered to be the final blow to the Achaemenid Empire, resulting in its complete conquest by Alexander.

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La batalla de Gaugamela tuvo lugar el 1 de octubre de 331 a. C. en las proximidades de la ribera del río Bumodos, tributario del Gran Zab, a unos 27 km al noreste de Mosul y a 52 km de Arbela.