Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 33.269, 35.202 · 20 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 1294 BC | Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt | Seti left Tyre and Ou and marched north: scene of the submission of the Lebanese chiefs. |
| 332 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | Alexander asked to make a sacrifice to Heracles and entered Tyre, but Tyre resolved to admit neither Macedonians nor Persians. Enraged, Alexander sent the envoys away. |
| 332 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | He persuaded his officers with a speech, and in a dream Heracles took him by the hand and led him on. He began building a causeway from the mainland toward the island city. As the water deepened, the Tyrians' triremes and wall-fire harassed the work, so he erected two towers. |
| 332 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | The Tyrians filled a horse-transport ship with dry wood and pitch and rammed it into the causeway, burning the towers and machines. Alexander ordered a wider causeway built and sailed to Sidon to assemble the fleet. |
| 332 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | At midday the Tyrians ambushed the Cypriot fleet and sank three ships. But Alexander returned quickly, counterattacked at the harbor mouth, drove the Tyrian fleet into a corner, and tested the walls. A section of wall collapsed. |
| 332 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | Using ships that had been lashed together as bridges, Alexander climbed onto the walls and took the city. About 8,000 Tyrian fighters died, 400 Macedonians fell, and about 30,000 were sold into slavery. Those who fled to the temple of Heracles were pardoned. Hekatombaion, archon Anikētos. |
| 332 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | Envoys from Darius offered 10,000 talents, the land west of the Euphrates, and a marriage with his daughter, but Alexander refused. Batis, the eunuch of Gaza, refused to let him in. |
| 332 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | The Cypriot kings surrender, but Tyre alone holds out, leading to a siege |
| 331 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | In early spring he went from Memphis to Phoenicia and sacrificed again to Heracles at Tyre. He granted the Athenian embassy's request from the ship Paralus and released the prisoners from the Granicus. He entrusted the treasure to Harpalus and set out for Thapsacus. |
| 43 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Among the notables gathered after the Laodicea affair, Herod seizes the moment to punish Malichus |
| 43 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | With Cassius's permission Herod punishes Malichus at Tyre |
| AD 1111 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | He besieges Tyre, but the siege fails against the strong resistance of its citizens |
| AD 1116 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The castle of Alexandrium (Scandalion) is built in front of Tyre |
| AD 1124 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The princes of the kingdom gather with the doge and besiege Tyre |
| AD 1124 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The siegeworks are set up, sectors are assigned to the princes, and the city is attacked |
| AD 1124 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The starving citizens prepare to surrender; Dodequin's relief is in vain, and Tyre passes into our hands |
| AD 1127 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The first Latin archbishop is established at Tyre |
| AD 1158 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Nur ad-Din besieges our cave in the land of Suita; the king comes, lifts the siege, and fights. |
| AD 1167 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The archbishop of Caesarea and others bring the future queen from Constantinople; the king is married and crowned in the church of Tyre. |
| AD 1182 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The king goes to Tyre to rescue it, and Saladin lifts the siege. |