“Alexander the Great’s Siege of Island Fortress Tyre Showed His Military Genius

“Alexander the Great’s Siege of Island Fortress Tyre Showed His Military Genius

Alexander the Great’s siege of the island city of Tyre demonstrated all of the ingenuity and cunning expected of a conqueror who is still remembered today. Credit: Midjourney for GreekReporter Alexander the Great’s siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror who is still remembered to this day. Amid his campaigns against the mighty Persian Empire in the early fourth century BC, Alexander the Great c…

The Siege of Tyre: Alexander the Great and the gateway to empire

REVIEW BY MARC DeSANTIS Alexander the Great of Macedonia is one of the best-known figures of ancient history. Comparatively large amounts of written material concerning his short but extraordinarily eventful life have survived from ancient times. This is a boon to modern historians, but it can also prove challenging, because these accounts do not always…