Siege of Halicarnassus
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The Siege of Halicarnassus was a key early battle in Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Empire, in which he captured the heavily fortified Carian capital on the coast of Asia Minor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Siege of Halicarnassus canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
siege ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Macedonian control of Caria
ⓘ
Persian evacuation by sea ⓘ weakening of Persian naval strategy in the Aegean ⓘ |
| belligerentCommander |
Alexander the Great
ⓘ
Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ Orontobates ⓘ |
| chronology | early campaign of Alexander in Asia Minor ⓘ |
| combatant |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Alexander the Great ⓘ Macedon ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Macedon
Macedon ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian Empire
Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ Orontobates ⓘ Persian satrapy of Caria ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Persian army
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid Persian forces
Macedonian army ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian forces
|
| conflictIn | Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| date | 334 BC ⓘ |
| defensiveWorks |
city walls
ⓘ
harbor defenses ⓘ strong fortifications ⓘ |
| followedBy | campaigns in Lycia and Pamphylia ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Invasion of the Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian invasion of the Achaemenid Empire
|
| historicalPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander
ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Bodrum
ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ |
| location |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Caria ⓘ Halicarnassus ⓘ Western Anatolia ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Anatolia
|
| notableParticipant |
Hephaestion
ⓘ
Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ |
| opponentStrategy |
Persian reliance on fortified city
ⓘ
use of fleet under Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ |
| partOf | Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of Granicus
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Granicus
|
| result |
Macedonian victory
ⓘ
capture of Halicarnassus ⓘ destruction of much of the city ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of Caria
ⓘ
control of a major Aegean port ⓘ securing Alexander’s southwestern flank in Asia Minor ⓘ |
| usedMilitaryTactic |
assault on city walls
ⓘ
naval defense by Persians ⓘ siege warfare ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Battle of the Granicus