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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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Siege of Tyre.
Siege of Tyre.. Frank Martini. Cartographer, Department of History, United States Military Academy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtJanuary 332 BC
WhereTyre, Lebanon33.271N, 35.196E
OutcomeMacedonian victory
BelligerentsMacedonian Empire; Hellenic League; Cyprus; Ionia; Phoenician city-states of Byblos, Arwad and SidonagainstKingdom of Tyre; Achaemenid Empire
Casualties and losses400 killedand6,000–7,000 killed in action; 2,000 executed; 13,000–30,000 civilians enslaved
Part ofWars of Alexander the Great336 BC to 323 BC

Where it sits in the Wars of Alexander the Great

Battle of Thessaly, 336 BCBattle of Thebes, 335 BCAlexander's Balkan campaign, 335 BCBattle of Shipka Pass, 335 BCBattle of Mount Haemus, 335 BCSiege of Pelium, 335 BCSiege of Halicarnassus, 334 BCSiege of Miletus, 334 BCSiege of Termessos, 334 BCBattle of the Granicus, 334 BCBattle of Issus, 333 BCSiege of Tyre, 332 BCSiege of Gaza, 332 BCBattle of Gaugamela, 331 BCBattle of the Uxian Defile, 331 BCBattle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain, 330 BCSiege of Cyropolis, 329 BCBattle of Polytimetus, 329 BCBattle of Jaxartes, 329 BCBattle of Gabai, 328 BCSiege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BC336 BC327 BCSiege of Tyre, 332 BC
21 placed engagements of the Wars of Alexander the Great in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateJanuary 332 BC (month precision)
to July 332 BC
PlaceTyre, Lebanon
33.271N, 35.196E
KindSiege, ancient
Territorial changeMacedonian army captures Tyre
Strength120 ships-223 ships80 ships
Casualties and losses400 killed6,000–7,000 killed in action; 2,000 executed; 13,000–30,000 civilians enslaved
Commanders
  • Azemilcus
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Siege of Tyre
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Siege of Tyre today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-09-26. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 5 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -3 to 120 m, 123 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 73% water, 11% built-up, 10% tree cover.

water: 73%built-up: 11%tree cover: 10%grassland: 4%water 73%built-up 11%tree cover 10%grassland 4%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 101 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 10 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 586 BC and 1243.

In the same war

Siege of Tyre is one of 143 engagements of the 4th century BC in the atlas and one of 69 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.