siege, ancient

Siege of Tyre

Name: Siege of Tyre
Location: Tyre, Lebanon

Siege of Tyre was a siege conducted in 586 BC at Tyre, in what is now Lebanon; it lasted about 13 years. The recorded result: Babylonian victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Тир, осаждённый Навуходоносором Вавилонским (Tyre besieged by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon). Рисунок Стэнли Л. Вуда для "Хатчинсоновской истории наций" ("Hutchinson's History of the Nations", 1915, р. 33. Stanley Llewelyn Wood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought586 BClasted about 13 years

WhereTyre, Lebanon33.271N, 35.196E

OutcomeBabylonian victory

BelligerentsNeo-Babylonian EmpireagainstTyre

Casualties and lossesUnknownandHigh?

Record

Date	586 BC (year precision) to 573 BC
Place	Tyre, Lebanon 33.271N, 35.196E
Kind	Siege, ancient
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	High?
Commanders	Nebuchadnezzar II	Ithobaal III

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

Nearest engagements

Siege of Tyre 332 BC, same recorded site
Siege of Tyre 1187, 0.6 km SE
Siege of Tyre 1124, 0.6 km SE
Siege of Tyre 314 BC, 0.6 km SE
Siege of Tyre 1243, 0.6 km SE

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

Siege of Tyre is one of 31 engagements of the 6th century BC in the atlas and one of 69 in present-day Lebanon.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q11794916, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC), revision 1378907947, 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.