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  • Lebanon, Tyre
  • geo:33.268452,35.205742
  • Location: correct and verified

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  • -332 / unknown

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Siege of Tyre (332 BC)

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The Siege of Tyre was orchestrated by Alexander the Great in 332 BC during his campaigns against the Persians. The Macedonian army was unable to capture the city, which was a strategic coastal base on the Mediterranean Sea, through conventional means because it was on an island and had walls right up to the sea. Alexander responded to this problem by first blockading and besieging Tyre for seven months, and then by building a causeway that allowed him to breach the fortifications.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tyre_(332_BC)

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Creators: Entry created by Ludwinski (2016-12-08) , last updated by Jona Lendering (2020-08-10), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/30177
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Suggested citation: , L. and Lendering, J., Siege of Tyre (332 BC). https://vici.org/vici/30177, accessed 2026-05-24.