Siege of the Sogdian Rock
| Siege of the Sogdian Rock | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Wars of Alexander the Great | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Macedon League of Corinth | Sogdiana | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Alexander the Great | Arimazes | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 300 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 30 | Presumably none | ||||||||
900km
559miles
559miles
15
Babylon
14
Malavas
13
Hydaspes
12
Cophen
11
Sogdian Rock
10
Persian Gate
9
Uxians
8
Gaugamela
7
Alexandria
6
Gaza
5
Tyre
4
Issus
3
Miletus
2
Granicus
1
Pella
current battle
The Sogdian Rock or Rock of Ariamazes, a fortress located north of Bactria in Sogdiana (near Samarkand), ruled by Arimazes, was captured by the forces of Alexander the Great in the early spring of 327 BC as part of his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire.