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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8181796, member: 128351&quot;]Gerostratos of Arados could have defended his city with some secret weapon :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430464[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430465[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>but the other cities were doomed:</p><p><br /></p><p>Byblos&#039; galley disappeared in the fog...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430466[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>so did Sidon&#039;s galley leaving the harbour lined with the city-walls:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430467[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>At Tyre it was different:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430468[/ATTACH]</p><p>But riding a winged hippocamp did not deter Alexander from besieging the city, which eventually fell with all the grim consequences...</p><p><br /></p><p>The story is not finished! Alexander attacked also Gaza, who resisted several months. The Gazans disguised themselves as Athenians, but that didn&#039;t fool Alexander.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430471[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gaza was eventually taken, and its acropolis completely razed.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, all those Phoenician cities minted Alexander coins, like this tiny unpublished obol that must be from Arados or Berytos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430472[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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