siege, ancient

Siege of Athens

Name: Siege of Athens
Location: Athens, Greece

Siege of Athens was a siege conducted in 287 BC at Athens, in what is now Greece. It was part of Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne, which ran from 301 BC to 285 BC. The recorded result: Athenian and Epirote victory.

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Fought287 BC

WhereAthens, Greece37.967N, 23.721E

OutcomeAthenian and Epirote victory

BelligerentsMacedoniaagainstAthens; Epirus

Part ofDemetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne301 BC to 285 BC

Where it sits in Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne

3 placed engagements of Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	287 BC (year precision)
Place	Athens, Greece 37.967N, 23.721E
Kind	Siege, ancient
Commanders	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Olympiodorus of Athens Pyrrhus of Epirus

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of the Acropolis 1687, 0.6 km NE
Siege of the Acropolis 1821, 0.7 km NE
Siege of Athens 87 BC, 1.4 km N
Siege of the Acropolis 1826, 1.4 km N
Siege of Athens 404 BC, 1.4 km N

Contested ground: this site was fought over 8 times between 404 BC and 1827.

In the same war

Before: Siege of Thebes 292 BC
All 3 engagements of Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne

Siege of Athens is one of 184 engagements of the 3rd century BC in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7509830, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Athens (287 BC), revision 1370739053, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.