Properties (53)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
military siege
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gptkbp:aftermath |
Alexander's_control_over_Cilicia
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gptkbp:alliance |
alliance with local tribes
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gptkbp:campaigns |
part_of_the_Persian_campaign
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gptkbp:casualties |
unknown
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gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Parmenion
Hephaestion |
gptkbp:competitors |
gptkb:Persian_Empire
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gptkbp:consequences |
opening_of_the_way_to_Syria
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gptkbp:cultural_impact |
influenced later military sieges
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gptkbp:date |
August 30, 333 BC
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gptkbp:diplomaticRelations |
negotiations with local leaders
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gptkbp:duration |
several weeks
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gptkbp:electronic_warfare |
influenced future military leaders
use of catapults scouting missions conducted |
gptkbp:events |
siege warfare
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gptkbp:future_plans |
control of trade routes
|
gptkbp:historical_figure |
Tarsus_governor
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gptkbp:historical_significance |
demonstrated_Alexander's_tactical_genius
|
gptkbp:historicalContext |
Classical Antiquity
part_of_the_Wars_of_Alexander part_of_the_larger_Macedonian_conquest |
gptkbp:historicalEvent |
preceded_the_Battle_of_Issus
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gptkbp:historicalRecords |
described_in_'History_of_Alexander'_by_Curtius_Rufus
described_in_'Anabasis'_by_Arrian described_in_'Histories'_by_Diodorus_Siculus |
gptkbp:house |
strong walls
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Siege of the city of Tarsus
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gptkbp:impact |
shifted power dynamics in the region
contributed_to_the_fall_of_the_Persian_Empire increased_Alexander's_reputation |
gptkbp:influence |
strategic_location_in_Cilicia
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gptkbp:is_a_source_of |
historical_accounts_by_Arrian
historical_accounts_by_Curtius_Rufus historical_accounts_by_Diodorus_Siculus |
gptkbp:legacy |
symbol_of_Alexander's_military_prowess
|
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Tarsus
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gptkbp:measures |
garrisoned troops
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gptkbp:militaryRank |
phalanx formation
provisions from local allies additional_troops_from_Macedon |
gptkbp:notable_player |
Tarsian_forces
|
gptkbp:notablePerson |
gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Darius_III |
gptkbp:outcome |
gptkb:surrender_of_Tarsus
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gptkbp:result |
victory_for_Alexander_the_Great
|
gptkbp:significance |
part_of_the_campaign_against_Persia
|
gptkbp:supplyChain |
secured_by_Alexander's_forces
|
gptkbp:tactics |
psychological warfare
blockade encirclement siege engines |