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Demetrius I Poliorcetes (/ d ɪ ˈ m iː t r i ə s p ɒ l i ɔːr ˈ s iː t iː z /; Greek: Δημήτριος Πολιορκητής, Dēmḗtrios Poliorkētḗs, lit. ' the Besieger of Cities '; 337 – 283 BC) was a Macedonian Greek nobleman and military leader who became king of Asia between 306 and 301 BC, and king of Macedon between 294 and 288 BC.
After landing on the northeastern part of the island, Demetrius marched to Salamis, defeated Menelaus in a battle, and laid siege to the city. This was the first time where Demetrius demonstrated his flair for siege warfare, which would later earn him the sobriquet Poliorcetes, "the Besieger". Nevertheless, Menelaus was able to hold off ...
Pat Wheatley: Lamia and the Besieger: An Athenian Hetaera and a Macedonian King. In: Olga Palagia; Stephen Tracey: The Macedonians in Athens, 322–229 B.C. Proceedings of an international conference held at the University of Athens, May 24–26, 2001, Oakville 2003, S. 30–36. Pat Wheatley, Charlotte Dunn: Demetrius the Besieger, Oxford 2020.
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 [ edit ]
Marble bust of Demetrius I Poliorcetes. Roman copy from 1st century AD of a Greek original from 3rd century BC. Antigonus' second attack was with an army of 4,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry led by Antigonus' son Demetrius "the Besieger". [9] [14] The Nabataean scouts spotted the marching enemy and used smoke signals to warn of the approaching army.
Demetrius Terrence Frazier, 52, is set to die by nitrogen gas on Thursday for the robbery, rape and murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown on Nov. 26, 1991, in Birmingham, Alabama.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was tracked by an Israeli mini drone as he lay dying in the ruins of a building in southern Gaza and filmed him slumped in a chair covered in dust ...
The police chief said Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith were involved in the Jan. 7 arrest of Tyre Nichols, 29, who was Black.