siege, ancient

Siege of Thebes

Name: Siege of Thebes
Location: Thebes, Greece

Siege of Thebes was a siege conducted in 292 BC at Thebes, in what is now Greece; it ran into the following year. It was part of Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne, which ran from 301 BC to 285 BC. The recorded result: Macedonian victory.

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Fought292 BCran into the following year

WhereThebes, Greece38.324N, 23.324E

OutcomeMacedonian victory

BelligerentsMacedoniaagainstThebes

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	292 BC (year precision) to 291 BC
Place	Thebes, Greece 38.324N, 23.324E
Kind	Siege, ancient
Commanders	Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus II Gonatas	Peisis of Thespiae

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Thebes 335 BC, same recorded site
Battle of Plataea 479 BC, 9.4 km S
Siege of Plataea 429 BC, 12 km S
Battle of Plataea 431 BC, 13 km SW
Battle of Leuctra 371 BC, 15 km SW

In the same war

Before: Siege of Athens 296 BC
After: Siege of Athens 287 BC
All 3 engagements of Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne

Siege of Thebes 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 Q7510448, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Thebes (292–291 BC), revision 1370745749, 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.