Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 23.6.22

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[22] In this Adiabena is the city of Ninus,¹ which once possessed the rule over Persia, perpetuating the name of Ninus, once a most powerful king and the husband of Semiramis; also Ecbatana,² Arbela, and Gaugamela,³ where Alexander, after various other battles, overthrew Darius in a hot contest.

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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History (English) (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).)

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[22] In hac Adiabena, Ninus est civitas, quae olim Persidis regna possederat, nomen Nini potentissimi quondam regis, Samiramidis mariti, declarans, et Ecbatana et Arbela et Gaugamela, ubi Dareum Alexander post discrimina varia proeliorum, incitato Marte prostravit.

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1. Also called Nineve; cf. xxviii. 7, 1.

2. Likewise a city of Media.

3. Gaugamela was a small village near Arbela; it was there that the battle was fought, although it is more commonly called the battle of Arbela.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 23.6.22

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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