Siege of Susa

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military conflict siege

The Siege of Susa was a key engagement during Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, in which his forces captured the wealthy ceremonial capital of Susa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Susa canonical	2
capture of Susa	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ siege ⓘ
after	Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ
before	Siege of Persepolis ⓘ
belligerent	Macedonian forces ⓘ Persian forces ⓘ
campaign	Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ
capitalCaptured	Susa ⓘ
capitalType	ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
combatant	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Macedon ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Empire
commandedBy	Alexander III of Macedon ⓘ
commander	Alexander the Great ⓘ
conflict	Invasion of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire
conflictType	siege ⓘ
date	331 BC ⓘ
economicConsequence	financing of Alexander’s subsequent campaigns ⓘ
followedBy	Macedonian advance toward Persepolis ⓘ
follows	Macedonian advance into Mesopotamia ⓘ
geographicalContext	Susiana ⓘ surface form: Susiana region
historicalEra	Classical antiquity ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Hellenistic period ⓘ
involved	Companion cavalry ⓘ Macedonian phalanx ⓘ
locatedIn	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Elam ⓘ
location	Susa ⓘ
modernCountry	Iran ⓘ
notableFor	large quantities of treasure captured by Alexander ⓘ rapid capitulation of a major Persian city ⓘ
objective	neutralization of Achaemenid power center in Susa ⓘ seizure of the wealth of Susa ⓘ
opponent	Achaemenid administration ⓘ surface form: Darius III’s Achaemenid administration
opposingCommander	Achaemenid satrap of Susa ⓘ
partOf	Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ
place	Susa ⓘ
politicalConsequence	transfer of Achaemenid wealth to Alexander’s control ⓘ weakening of Darius III’s authority ⓘ
precededBy	Macedonian pursuit of Darius III after Gaugamela ⓘ
relatedEvent	Siege of Persepolis ⓘ surface form: Burning of Persepolis Siege of Babylon (331 BC) ⓘ surface form: Fall of Babylon to Alexander the Great
result	Macedonian victory ⓘ capture of Susa ⓘ fall of the Achaemenid ceremonial capital Susa ⓘ
strategicImportance	capture of major Achaemenid treasury ⓘ control of key route into the Persian heartland ⓘ
theater	Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ surface form: Near Eastern theater of Alexander’s conquests

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asian campaign → includesEvent → Siege of Susa ⓘ

Battle of Gaugamela → followedBy → Siege of Susa ⓘ

this entity surface form: capture of Susa

Siege of Babylon (331 BC) → followedBy → Siege of Susa ⓘ