Battle of the Granicus River in Anatolia (Persian Empire): Alexander the Great, at the beginning of the campaign that would make him Great, risks death: on his horse Bucephalus (bull’s head) he receives an ax blow to the head from Spithridates, a nobleman Persian; only the intervention of Cleito (later and thousands of kilometers later, he was killed by Alexander himself in a brawl after getting drunk) saved the Macedonian king
