List of sieges conducted by Demetrius I Poliorcetes
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This page presents a non-exhaustive list of cities conquered or besieged by Demetrius I Poliorcetes during his military campaigns from 311 to 285 BC.
List of sieges
- Victory - 25
- Defeat - 2
- Another result - 3
Date | City | Allies (including Demetrius) | Opponents | Outcome | References |
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311 | Es-Sela
Location: Arabia |
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311-309 ? | Babylon
Location: Mesopotamia |
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307 | Megara
Location: Greece |
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[5][6] |
307 | Athens
Location: Greece |
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[5][6] |
306 | Karpasia
Location: Cyprus |
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[6] | |
306 | Urania
Location: Cyprus |
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[6] | |
306 | Salamis
Location: Cyprus |
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305-304 | Rhodes
Location: Aegean Sea |
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[6][7] | |
304 | Chalcis
Location: Euboea |
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[8] | |
304 | Oropos
Location: Greece |
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[8] | |
304 | Phyle
Location: Greece |
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304 | Panactum
Location: Greece |
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[5][6][7] |
304 | Kechries
Location: Greece |
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[7] | |
304 | Epidaurus
Location: Greece |
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[7] | |
303 | Sicyon
Location: Greece |
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[7] |
303 | Corinth
Location: Greece |
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[7] | |
303 | Bura
Location: Greece |
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[7] | |
303 | Scirus (Arcadia)
Location: Greece |
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[7] | |
303 | Argos
Location: Greece |
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[7] | |
303 | Orchomenus
Location: Greece |
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[7] | |
300-299 | Lampsacus
Location: Ionia |
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[9] | |
Between 298 and 295 | Messene
Location: Greece |
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294 | Rhamnous
Location: Greece |
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[4] | |
294 | Eleusis
Location: Greece |
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[4] | |
294 | Athens
Location: Greece |
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[4] | |
294 | Sparta
Location: Greece |
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[4] | |
293 | Thebes
Location: Greece |
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[4] | |
292-291 | Thebes
Location: Greece |
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[4] | |
287 | Athens
Location: Greece |
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[4] | |
287 | Sardis
Location: Ionia |
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[4] |
References
- ^ Wheatley, Pat; Dunn, Charlotte (2020). Demetrius the besieger. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-883604-9.
- ^ "LacusCurtius • Diodorus Siculus — Book XIX Chapters 73‑101". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Plutarch • Life of Demetrius". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Plutarque : Vie des Hommes illustres ; VIE DE DÉMÉTRIUS, (bilingue)". remacle.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- ^ a b c d "Plutarque : Vie des Hommes illustres ; VIE DE DÉMÉTRIUS, (bilingue)". remacle.org. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Rose, Thomas C. (2019-11-13), "Demetrius the Besieger (and Fortifier) of Cities", Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean, Brill, pp. 169–190, ISBN 978-90-04-41374-0, archived from the original on 2024-06-04, retrieved 2024-06-03
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ferguson, W. S (1948). "Demetrius Poliorcetes and the Hellenic League" (PDF). Hesperia. 17 (2): 112–133. JSTOR 146849. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- ^ a b Wheatley, Pat; Dunn, Charlotte (2020). Demetrius the besieger. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-19-883604-9.
- ^ Wheatley, Pat; Dunn, Charlotte (2020). Demetrius the besieger. Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-19-883604-9. OCLC 1128431578.
- ^ Dunn, Charlotte (2018). "Messene Besieged: A Note on Two (?) Engagements in the Peloponnese". Acta Classica. 61 (1): 190–200. doi:10.1353/acl.2018.0008. ISSN 2227-538X.