Siege of Tyre

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The Siege of Tyre was Alexander the Great’s famous 332 BC assault on the heavily fortified Phoenician island city, marked by the construction of a massive causeway and resulting in a decisive Macedonian victory that secured control of the eastern Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in ancient history
military conflict
siege
aimedAt denying Persian fleet bases in Phoenicia
securing control of the eastern Mediterranean coast
belligerent Achaemenid loyalist forces
Greek allies of Alexander
Macedon
surface form: Macedonian Empire

Phoenician city of Tyre
commander Alexander the Great
Azemilcus of Tyre
conflictOf Wars of Alexander the Great
countryAtTime Achaemenid Empire
endTime 332 BC
followedBy Alexander’s Asian campaign
surface form: Alexander’s march into Egypt

siege of Gaza (in some campaign sequences, but chronologically Gaza followed Tyre’s fall)
hasDuration about seven months
hasLocation Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicia

Tyre
Eastern Mediterranean
surface form: eastern Mediterranean
hasParticipant Alexander the Great
Kingdom of Tyre
Macedon
surface form: Macedonian Empire

Kingdom of Tyre
surface form: Tyrians
historicalContext Alexander’s invasion of the Achaemenid Empire
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
notableConsequence demonstration of Alexander’s siege engineering capabilities
permanent connection of Tyre’s island to the mainland
notableFeature defense by heavily fortified island city
massive mole built from the mainland to the island
opponent Alexander the Great
Tyre
partOf Alexander the Great’s campaigns
precededBy Siege of Gaza
surface form: Siege of Gaza (332 BC)
recordedBy Arrian of Nicomedia
surface form: Arrian

Diodorus Siculus
Quintus Curtius Rufus
result Macedonian victory
resultedIn Macedonian control of the eastern Mediterranean coast
capture of Tyre by Alexander the Great
destruction of much of the city of Tyre
enslavement of many Tyrian inhabitants
startTime 332 BC
usedTactic assault by land and sea
battering rams
construction of a causeway to the island
naval blockade
siege towers

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Alexander the Great notableBattle Siege of Tyre
Asian campaign includesEvent Siege of Tyre
Battle of Issus followedBy Siege of Tyre
this entity surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
Hephaestion participatedIn Siege of Tyre
this entity surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
Azemilcus of Tyre participatedIn Siege of Tyre
Azemilcus of Tyre conflict Siege of Tyre
Alexander’s Asian campaign includesBattle Siege of Tyre
this entity surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
Wars of Alexander the Great conflict Siege of Tyre
Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor followedBy Siege of Tyre
this entity surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
Macedonian army engagedInConflict Siege of Tyre
this entity surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BCE)
Empire of Alexander the Great notableBattle Siege of Tyre
this entity surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
Siege of Gaza precededBy Siege of Tyre
Kingdom of Tyre siege Siege of Tyre
this entity surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BCE)
Alexander III of Macedon notableBattle Siege of Tyre
this entity surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BC)