Question: who won the battle of the granicus river
Answer: The Battle of Granicus Part of the Wars of Alexander the Great The Battle of the Granicus River Date May , 334 BC Location Granicus River , Troad region , Hellespontine Phrygia , Achaemenid Empire ( modern - day Biga Çayı , Turkey ) Result Macedonian victory Territorial changes Alexander attains half of Asia Minor Belligerents Macedon League of Corinth Achaemenid Empire Satrapies of Asia Minor Commanders and leaders Alexander the Great Parmenion Cleitus the Black Hephaestion Calas Hegelochus Ptolemy Arsames Rheomithres Niphates † Petenes † Spithridates † Mithrobuzanes † Arbupales † Mithridates † Pharnaces † Omares † Arsites † Rhoesaces † Memnon Strength 32,000 infantry ( 12,000 Macedonians , 7,000 other Greeks , 5,000 mercenaries , 7,000 Odrysians , Triballians