# List of sieges conducted by Demetrius I Poliorcetes

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

    Victory - 25
    Defeat - 2
    Another result - 3
| Date | City | Allies (including Demetrius) | Opponents | Outcome |
| 311 | Es-Sela Location: Arabia | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Nabateans | Retreat of Demetrius after being repelled Treaty of friendship with the Nabataeans |
| 311-309 ? | Babylon Location: Mesopotamia | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Seleucus I Nicator | Capture of Babylon |
| 307 | Megara Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Garrison of Cassander | Capture of Megara |
| 307 | Athens Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Demetrius of Phalerum Garrison of Cassander | Capture of Mounychia and Athens |
| 306 | Karpasia Location: Cyprus | Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus I Monophthalmus | Menelaus Ptolemy I Soter | Capture of Karpasia |
| 306 | Urania Location: Cyprus | Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus I Monophthalmus | Menelaus Ptolemy I Soter | Capture of Urania |
| 306 | Salamis Location: Cyprus | Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus I Monophthalmus | Menelaus Ptolemy I Soter | Capture of Salamis and the whole island |
| 305-304 | Rhodes Location: Aegean Sea | Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus I Monophthalmus | Ares Ptolemy I Soter Lysimachus Cassander | Retreat of Demetrius after his defeat Building of the Colossus of Rhodes |
| 304 | Chalcis Location: Euboea | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Chalcis Thebes Cassander | Capture of Chalcis |
| 304 | Oropos Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Oropos Thebes Cassander | Capture of Oropos |
| 304 | Phyle Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Garrison of Cassander | Capture of Phyle |
| 304 | Panactum Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Garrison of Cassander | Capture of Panactum |
| 304 | Kechries Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Kechries | Capture of Kechries |
| 304 | Epidaurus Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Epidaurus | Capture of Epidaurus |
| 303 | Sicyon Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Garrison of Ptolemy | Capture of Sycion |
| 303 | Corinth Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Corinth | Capture of Corinth |
| 303 | Bura Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Bura | Capture of Bura |
| 303 | Scirus (Arcadia) Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Scirus (Arcadia) | Capture of Skyros |
| 303 | Argos Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Argos | Capture of Argos |
| 303 | Orchomenus Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Orchomenus | Capture of Orchomenus |
| 300-299 | Lampsacus Location: Ionia | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Garrison of Lysimachus | Captures the city two times but doesn't occupy it |
| Between 298 and 295 | Messene Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Nicodemus of Messene Messene | Capture of Messene probable but not certain |
| 294 | Rhamnous Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Rhamnous | Capture of Rhamnous |
| 294 | Eleusis Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Eleusis | Capture of Eleusis |
| 294 | Athens Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Lachares Athens | Capture of Athens |
| 294 | Sparta Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Sparta | Not certain that he besieged or entered the city, despite two victorious battles in the surroundings. |
| 293 | Thebes Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Thebes Cleonymus of Sparta Sparta | Capture of Thebes |
| 292-291 | Thebes Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes Antigonus II Gonatas | Thebes | Capture of Thebes |
| 287 | Athens Location: Greece | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Athens | Retreat of Demetrius after his defeat |
| 287 | Sardis Location: Ionia | Demetrius I Poliorcetes | Sardis Lysimachus | Capture of Sardis |