Name Siege Miletus | Start date 334 BC | |
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Combatants Macedonia, Achaemenid Empire Similar Siege of Halicarnassus, Battle of the Persian Gate, Siege of Tyre, Siege of Gaza, Battle of the Granicus | ||
The Siege of Miletus was Alexander the Great's first naval encounter with the Achaemenid Empire. This minor siege was directed against the inhabitants of Miletus, a city in southern Ionia, in Caria, which is now located in the Aydın province of modern-day Turkey. It was captured by Parmenion's son, Nicanor in 334 BC.
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