Issus
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Issus may refer to:
- Issus (town)Issus (town)Issus is an ancient settlement on the strategic coastal plain straddling the small Pinarus river below the navigationally difficult inland mountains towering above to the east in the Turkish Province of Hatay, near the border with Syria...
, an ancient settlement in the modern Turkish province of Hatay- Battle of IssusBattle of IssusThe Battle of Issus occurred in southern Anatolia, in November 333 BC. The invading troops, led by the young Alexander of Macedonia, defeated the army personally led by Darius III of Achaemenid Persia in the second great battle for primacy in Asia...
, in 333 BC, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III
- Battle of Issus
- Issus (river)Issus (river)Issus, a river in Cilicia, Asia Minor, where Alexander the Great defeated Darius in 333 BC....
, a river near the town and battle site - Issus (diocese)Issus (diocese)Issus was a Roman Catholic titular see in Turkey, pertaining to the ancient city of the same name....
, a Roman Catholic titular see in Turkey - Issus, Haute-GaronneIssus, Haute-GaronneIssus is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, a commune in France - Issus (genus)Issus (genus)Issus is a genus of 'planthoppers' belonging to the ordo Hemiptera, subordo Auchenorrhyncha infraordo Fulgoromorpha family Issidae.Species of this genus are present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa....
, a Genus of planthoppers in the family IssidaeIssidaeIssidae is a family of 'planthoppers' described by Spinola in 1839, belonging to the ordo Hemiptera, subordo Auchenorrhyncha infraordo Fulgoromorpha....
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