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First Siege of Babylon
First Siege of Babylon was a siege conducted in 311 BC at Babylon, in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Babylon. It was part of the Babylonian War, which ran from 311 BC to 309 BC. The recorded result: Seleucid victory, beginning of the Babylonian War. Recorded strength: 2,000 against Unknown but smaller.
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Where it sits in the Babylonian War
Record
| Date | 311 BC (year precision) to 311 BC | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Babylon, Iraq 32.523N, 44.424E | |
| Kind | Siege, ancient | |
| Territorial change | Establishment of Seleucus' rule over Babylon | |
| Strength | 2,000 | Unknown but smaller |
| Casualties and losses | Few | All killed or captured |
| Commanders | ||
Nearest engagements
- Fall of Babylon 539 BC, 2.2 km N
- Siege of Babylon 689 BC, 2.2 km N
- Siege of Babylon 650 BC, 2.2 km N
- Battle of Burs AD 636, 16 km SW
- Battle of Karbala AD 680, 38 km W
In the same war
- Before: Battle of the Tigris 311 BC
- After: Second Siege of Babylon 310 BC
- All 5 engagements of Babylonian War
Elsewhere in 311 BC
- Battle of Himera Italy
- Siege of Syracuse Italy
- Battle of Myus Lebanon
First Siege of Babylon is one of 137 engagements of the 4th century BC in the atlas and one of 173 in present-day Iraq.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q86751694, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article First siege of Babylon, revision 1370619781, 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.