battle, ancient

Battle of Myus

Name: Battle of Myus
Location: Levant, Lebanon

Battle of Myus was a battle fought in 311 BC at Levant, in what is now Lebanon. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Levant. It was part of Third War of the Diadochi, which ran from 314 BC to 311 BC. The recorded result: Antigonid victory; Peace of 311 BC.

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Fought311 BC

WhereLevant, Lebanon34.000N, 36.000E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAntigonid victory; Peace of 311 BC

BelligerentsPtolemaicsagainstAntigonids

Part ofThird War of the Diadochi314 BC to 311 BC

Where it sits in Third War of the Diadochi

5 placed engagements of Third War of the Diadochi in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	311 BC (year precision)
Place	Levant, Lebanon 34.000N, 36.000E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Commanders	Cilles	Demetrius I Poliorcetes

Placed at Levant; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of al-Buqaia 1163, 13 km E
Battle of Qnat 1980, 30 km N
Battle of Anjar 1623, 33 km S
1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon 1973, 45 km W
Battle of Sultan Yacoub 1982, 45 km S

In the same war

Before: Battle of Gaza 312 BC
All 5 engagements of Third War of the Diadochi

Elsewhere in 311 BC

Battle of Myus is one of 137 engagements of the 4th century BC in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Lebanon.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q126453054, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Myus, revision 1370450992, 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.