Siege of Gaza
| date | 332 BC Chr. |
|---|---|
| place | Gaza |
| output | Macedonian victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| unknown | unknown |
| losses | |
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unknown |
unknown |
The siege of Gaza in the fall of 332 BC BC was part of the campaign of Alexander the Great against the Achaemenid Empire .
During the two-month siege of the city of Gaza , which had become rich through the Levant trade, the Macedonian general used the same siege engines as during the siege of Tire . After three unsuccessful attempts to take the city, Alexander finally succeeded in overcoming the walls with an assault. Since Batis , the commander of the Persian garrison, and the inhabitants of the city refused to surrender to Alexander, Alexander had the entire male city population executed and the women and children sold into slavery.
In the portrayal of the Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus , Alexander dragged the Persian commander Batis to death in front of the city gates, tied to a chariot. This comparison with the killing of Hector was intended to punish the Persian commander's intransigence.
swell
- Arrian , Anabasis 2, 25, 4-27, 7
- Curtius Rufus 4, 6, 7-31
- Diodorus 17, 48, 7
- Plutarch , Alexander 25, 4f.
- Hegesias , FGrH 142 F 5
- Flavius Josephus , Jewish Antiquities 11, 320 and 11, 325.
literature
- Robin Lane Fox : Alexander the Great . 3rd edition, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-608-94078-2 , p. 240ff.
- Siegfried Lauffer : Alexander the Great . dtv, Munich 1978, 3rd edition 1993, ISBN 3-423-04298-2 , pp. 85f.