Siege of Theodosia (c. 360 BC)

Siege of Theodosia
	Part of Bosporan Expansion Wars
Date	circ. 360 BC
Location	Theodosia, Bosporus
Result	Bosporan Victory Annexation of Theodosia into Bosporan hegemony.;
Belligerents
Theodosia	Bosporan Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
?	Leukon I
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Medium	Low

The siege of Theodosia in c. 360 BC was the third and final siege by the

Leukon I against the city of Theodosia, a probable colony of Heraclea Pontica

, who had aided the city in two previous sieges.

Prelude

In the

Panticapaeum. After his defeat, Leukon had to solidify his position on the throne after getting word that some of his friends and subjects were conspiring against him due his failure at Theodosia. He enlisted the aid of merchants and put down the conspiracy.^[1]

Siege

Leukon, seeing that the Heracleotes had left to their colony, possibly due to problems with Clearchus of Heraclea who had made himself tyrant of Heraclea recently, laid a sneak attack on the city of Theodosia before the Heracleotes could prepare an expedition to aid the city. Leukon succeeded in finally defeating Theodosia, who robbed his father of his life in 389 BC.^[2] After defeating Theodosia however, Leukon was invaded by the Heracleotes in his own territory, but as able to repel them through the use of Scythians to maintain his Greek troops disciplined and stable.

References

^ Polyaenus. Strategems 6.9.1.
^ Polyaenus. Strategems 6.9.1.

[1] Polyaenus. Strategems 6.9.1.

[2] Polyaenus. Strategems 6.9.1.

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