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Siege of Tyre
Siege of Tyre was a siege conducted in January 332 BC at Tyre, in what is now Lebanon. It was part of the Wars of Alexander the Great, which ran from 336 BC to 323 BC. The recorded result: Macedonian victory. Recorded strength: 120 ships-223 ships against 80 ships.
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Record
| Date | January 332 BC (month precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Tyre, Lebanon 33.271N, 35.196E | |
| Part of | Wars of Alexander the Great (336 BC to 323 BC) | |
| Kind | Siege, ancient | |
| Result | Macedonian victory | |
| Territorial change | Macedonian army captures Tyre | |
| Belligerents | Macedonian Empire; Hellenic League; Cyprus; Ionia; Phoenician city-states of Byblos, Arwad and Sidon | Kingdom of Tyre; Achaemenid Empire |
| Commanders | Alexander the Great | Azemilcus |
| Strength | 120 ships-223 ships | 80 ships |
| Casualties and losses | 400 killed | 6,000–7,000 killed in action; 2,000 executed; 13,000–30,000 civilians enslaved |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Tyre 586 BC, same recorded site
- Siege of Tyre 1187, 0.6 km
- Siege of Tyre 1124, 0.6 km
- Siege of Tyre 314 BC, 0.6 km
- Siege of Tyre 1243, 0.6 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Issus 5 November 333 BC
- After: Siege of Gaza October 332 BC
- All 12 engagements of Wars of Alexander the Great
Siege of Tyre is one of 82 engagements of the 4th century BC in the atlas and one of 28 in present-day Lebanon.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q815233, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tyre (332 BC), revision 1370746137, 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.