CASUALTY RECORD // -331 BCE
Siege of Tyre
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 6,000–7,000 estimated
Kingdom of Tyre
6,000–7,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Siege of Tyre in 332 BC was a pivotal episode in Alexander the Great's campaign against the Persian Empire. Tyre was a strategic coastal base on the Mediterranean, and its reduction was necessary to secure Alexander's flank and deny the Persians a major naval stronghold as he advanced. The city's island position — approximately one kilometer offshore, with walls extending to the waterline — rendered it inaccessible through conventional assault, forcing a seven-month operation. The eventual breach of Tyrian fortifications resulted in 6,000–7,000 Tyrian deaths, reflecting the intensity of resistance overcome. By eliminating Tyre as a potential Persian naval base, Alexander consolidated Macedonian control over the eastern Mediterranean littoral and removed a significant threat to his lines of communication and supply before pressing further into Persian-held territory.
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