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Siege of Tyre (332 BCE)

Canonical ancient siege combining a mole, siege towers and naval blockade; a model case for concept-siege-warfare.

Greco-Roman

Event Details

  • Date: January-July 332 BCE
  • Type: siege
  • Civilizations: greco-roman, persian-iranian

Description

Canonical ancient siege combining a mole, siege towers and naval blockade; a model case for Siege Warfare.

Quantitative facts and their sourcing

  • Dates January-July 332 BCE; outcome: Macedonian victory (Wikipedia infobox).
  • PRIMARY-SOURCE figures: Arrian, Anabasis 2.24.4-5 (English translation hosted on johndclare.net, read 2026-10-11): about 8,000 Tyrians killed in the final assault; Macedonian losses in the assault included Admetus and about 20 royal guards, and about 400 Macedonians died in the whole siege; about 30,000 Tyrians and foreigners enslaved; those who fled to the sanctuary of Heracles were granted amnesty.
  • Other accounts (Diodorus, Curtius; not read by me) reportedly add ~2,000 crucified; Wikipedia compiles 6,000-7,000 killed + 2,000 executed (stub). Treat Arrian as a single ancient claim, not a measurement.

Confidence

medium (narrative); numbers = ancient claims read in primary text. Numbers marked "Wikipedia-compiled (stub)" come from a secondary aggregator and must be upgraded to page-level scholarly citations before any Official use.

Citations

  • arrian-anabasis-2-24-clare [formal] Arrian (140). Arrian, Anabasis 2.24 (English translation as hosted on johndclare.net; translator not confirmed; read 2.24.4-5). johndclare.net. https://www.johndclare.net/AncientHistory/Alexander_Sources5.html. Verified 2026-10-11 (resolves).
  • arrian-penguin-campaigns [formal] Arrian (1971). Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander (Penguin Classics, transl. A. de Selincourt, rev. J. R. Hamilton) - print edition for checking Anabasis 2.24. Penguin. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2372254W. Verified 2026-10-11 (Open Library record found; edition exists, page-level not checked).
  • campbell2006-besieged [formal] Duncan B. Campbell (2006). Besieged: Siege Warfare in the Ancient World. Osprey Publishing. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4910107W. Verified 2026-10-11 (Open Library record found; edition exists, page-level not checked).
  • wp-siege-of-tyre-332-bc [STUB (secondary aggregator)] Wikipedia contributors (2026). Siege of Tyre (332 BC) (Wikipedia; secondary aggregator, stub-grade). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tyre_(332_BC). Verified 2026-10-11 (resolves).

Review status

SOFT draft. Not Official. Needs editor review of CAD tags (estimated) and page-level citation upgrade.

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siege · January-July 332 BCE

Siege of Tyre (332 BCE)

Canonical ancient siege combining a mole, siege towers and naval blockade; a model case for concept-siege-warfare.

Evidence: Primary text read Draft estimate

What the record says

  • Unverified (Wikipedia-compiled) Dates January-July 332 BCE; outcome: Macedonian victory (Wikipedia infobox).
  • Primary text PRIMARY-SOURCE figures: Arrian, Anabasis 2.24.4-5 (English translation hosted on johndclare.net, read 2026-10-11): about 8,000 Tyrians killed in the final assault; Macedonian losses in the assault included Admetus and about 20 royal guards, and about 400 Macedonians died in the whole siege; about 30,000 Tyrians and foreigners enslaved; those who fled to the sanctuary of Heracles were granted amnesty.
  • Unverified (Wikipedia-compiled) Other accounts (Diodorus, Curtius; not read by me) reportedly add ~2,000 crucified; Wikipedia compiles 6,000-7,000 killed + 2,000 executed (stub). Treat Arrian as a single ancient claim, not a measurement.

Confidence. medium (narrative); numbers = ancient claims read in primary text.

Where it sits

Sources and evidence

No page-level citation is claimed for any source. Figures marked unverified come from a Wikipedia aggregator and are not for Official use.

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