List of sieges conducted by Demetrius I Poliorcetes

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
311	Es-Sela Location: Arabia	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Nabateans	Retreat of Demetrius after being repelled Treaty of friendship with the Nabataeans	^[1]
311-309 ?	Babylon Location: Mesopotamia	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Seleucus I Nicator	Capture of Babylon	^[2]^[3]^[4]
307	Megara Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Garrison of Cassander	Capture of Megara	^[5]^[6]
307	Athens Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Demetrius of Phalerum Garrison of Cassander	Capture of Mounychia and Athens	^[5]^[6]
306	Karpasia Location: Cyprus	Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus I Monophthalmus	Menelaus Ptolemy I Soter	Capture of Karpasia	^[6]
306	Urania Location: Cyprus	Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus I Monophthalmus	Menelaus Ptolemy I Soter	Capture of Urania	^[6]
306	Salamis Location: Cyprus	Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus I Monophthalmus	Menelaus Ptolemy I Soter	Capture of Salamis and the whole island	^[6]^[7]
305-304	Rhodes Location: Aegean Sea	Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus I Monophthalmus	Ares Ptolemy I Soter Lysimachus Cassander	Retreat of Demetrius after his defeat Building of the Colossus of Rhodes	^[6]^[7]
304	Chalcis Location: Euboea	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Chalcis Thebes Cassander	Capture of Chalcis	^[8]
304	Oropos Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Oropos Thebes Cassander	Capture of Oropos	^[8]
304	Phyle Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Garrison of Cassander	Capture of Phyle	^[5]^[6]^[7]
304	Panactum Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Garrison of Cassander	Capture of Panactum	^[5]^[6]^[7]
304	Kechries Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Kechries	Capture of Kechries	^[7]
304	Epidaurus Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Epidaurus	Capture of Epidaurus	^[7]
303	Sicyon Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Garrison of Ptolemy	Capture of Sycion	^[7]
303	Corinth Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Corinth	Capture of Corinth	^[7]
303	Bura Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Bura	Capture of Bura	^[7]
303	Scirus (Arcadia) Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Scirus (Arcadia)	Capture of Skyros	^[7]
303	Argos Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Argos	Capture of Argos	^[7]
303	Orchomenus Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Orchomenus	Capture of Orchomenus	^[7]
300-299	Lampsacus Location: Ionia	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Garrison of Lysimachus	Captures the city two times but doesn't occupy it	^[9]
Between 298 and 295	Messene Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Nicodemus of Messene Messene	Capture of Messene probable but not certain	^[7]^[10]
294	Rhamnous Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Rhamnous	Capture of Rhamnous	^[4]
294	Eleusis Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Eleusis	Capture of Eleusis	^[4]
294	Athens Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Lachares Athens	Capture of Athens	^[4]
294	Sparta Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Sparta	Not certain that he besieged or entered the city, despite two victorious battles in the surroundings.	^[4]
293	Thebes Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Thebes Cleonymus of Sparta Sparta	Capture of Thebes	^[4]
292-291	Thebes Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus II Gonatas	Thebes	Capture of Thebes	^[4]
287	Athens Location: Greece	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Athens	Retreat of Demetrius after his defeat	^[4]
287	Sardis Location: Ionia	Demetrius I Poliorcetes	Sardis Lysimachus	Capture of Sardis	^[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.

[1] Wheatley, Pat; Dunn, Charlotte (2020). Demetrius the besieger. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-883604-9.

[2] "LacusCurtius • Diodorus Siculus — Book XIX Chapters 73‑101". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-09.

[3] "Plutarch • Life of Demetrius". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-09.

[:2-4] ^ ^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.

[:0-5] "Plutarque : Vie des Hommes illustres ; VIE DE DÉMÉTRIUS, (bilingue)". remacle.org. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2024-06-04.

[:03-6] ^ ^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

[:1-7] ^ ^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.

[:3-8] Wheatley, Pat; Dunn, Charlotte (2020). Demetrius the besieger. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-19-883604-9.

[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.

[10] 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.

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