🌊 How do you capture a heavily fortified island city when your army cannot simply march to its walls?
In 332 BCE, Alexander the Great faced Tyre, a powerful Phoenician city protected by massive walls and naval defenses. His answer was extraordinary: construct a causeway from the mainland toward the island.
Macedonian workers hauled stone, timber and rubble into the water while the defenders fought back. A Tyrian fireship burned Alexander's siege towers, forcing him to adapt. He later gathered naval support, and after roughly seven months, Tyre fell.
This cinematic 3D CGI reconstruction explores the siege's engineering, naval warfare and strategic challenges.
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