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What (who) is BESIEGER - definition
KING OF MACEDON
Demetrius I Poliorcetes; Demetrius Poliorcetes; Demetrios Poliorketes; Demetrius i of macedon; Demetrius the besieger; Demetrius "Poliorcetes"
![The [[Siege of Rhodes (305-304 BC)]], led by Demetrius.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Attack of Rhodes.jpg?width=200 "The [[Siege of Rhodes (305-304 BC)]], led by Demetrius.")
![Demetrius I Poliorcetes portrayed on a [[tetradrachm]] coin](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coin of Demetrius I of Macedon.jpg?width=200 "Demetrius I Poliorcetes portrayed on a [[tetradrachm]] coin")
Besieger
·noun One who besieges;
- opposed to the besieged.
besiege
.jpg?width=200 "Assyrians using siege ladders in a relief of attack on an enemy town during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III 720–738 BCE from his palace at Kalhu (Nimrud)")
![The [[siege of Candia]], regarded as one of the longest sieges in history (1648–1669)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B12 098 1-Stadsprofiel van- CANDIA.jpeg?width=200 "The [[siege of Candia]], regarded as one of the longest sieges in history (1648–1669)")
![Storming of Redoubt#10 during the [[siege of Yorktown]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bataille Yorktown.jpg?width=200 "Storming of Redoubt#10 during the [[siege of Yorktown]]")
![Badajoz]], Peninsular War, 1812](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Battle of Badajoz.jpg?width=200 "Badajoz]], Peninsular War, 1812")
![siege of Antwerp]], 1832](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Detaille - Engineer Corps, Siege of Anvers, 1832.jpg?width=200 "siege of Antwerp]], 1832")
![siege machines]] in the mid-16th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fotothek df tg 0000158 Belagerung ^ Festung ^ Belagerungsmaschine.jpg?width=200 "siege machines]] in the mid-16th century")
![of the siege]] in World War I.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Indian army soldier after siege of Kut.jpg?width=200 "of the siege]] in World War I.")
![Earl of Essex]], in 1647 by Lord Inchiquin, and in 1650 by [[Oliver Cromwell]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ireland-Cahir Castle.jpg?width=200 "Earl of Essex]], in 1647 by Lord Inchiquin, and in 1650 by [[Oliver Cromwell]].")
![Metropolitan Division]] truck at the scene of a standoff in 2009](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LAPD SWAT Truck Hostage.jpg?width=200 "Metropolitan Division]] truck at the scene of a standoff in 2009")
![Map showing Axis encirclement during the [[siege of Leningrad]] (1942–1943)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leningrad Siege May 1942 - January 1943.png?width=200 "Map showing Axis encirclement during the [[siege of Leningrad]] (1942–1943)")
![Siege of Marawi]], 2017](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marawi-structures-stats.jpg?width=200 "Siege of Marawi]], 2017")
![[[Vauban]]'s star-shaped fortified city of [[Neuf-Brisach]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neuf-Brisach 007 850.jpg?width=200 "[[Vauban]]'s star-shaped fortified city of [[Neuf-Brisach]]")
![Thebes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ramesseum siege of Dapur.jpg?width=200 "Thebes]]")
![Late 16th-century illustration of [[cannon]] with [[gabion]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sixteenth Century Cannon2.jpg?width=200 "Late 16th-century illustration of [[cannon]] with [[gabion]]s")
![[[Washington State Patrol]] [[SWAT]] attempting to arrest a suspect during a simulated standoff in 2011](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Training Exercise at NAS Whidbey Island DVIDS371387.jpg?width=200 "[[Washington State Patrol]] [[SWAT]] attempting to arrest a suspect during a simulated standoff in 2011")
![Medieval [[trebuchet]]s could sling about two projectiles per hour at enemy positions.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trebuchet.jpg?width=200 "Medieval [[trebuchet]]s could sling about two projectiles per hour at enemy positions.")
![Korean]] troops assault the Japanese forces of [[Hideyoshi]] in the [[siege of Ulsan]] Castle during the [[Imjin War]] (1592–1598).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ulsan waesung attack.jpg?width=200 "Korean]] troops assault the Japanese forces of [[Hideyoshi]] in the [[siege of Ulsan]] Castle during the [[Imjin War]] (1592–1598).")
![siege of Rancagua]] during the [[Chilean War of Independence]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ultimos Momentos en Rancagua.jpg?width=200 "siege of Rancagua]] during the [[Chilean War of Independence]]")
![The [[Battle of Vienna]] took place in 1683 after [[Vienna]] had been besieged by the [[Ottoman Empire]] for two months.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vienna Battle 1683.jpg?width=200 "The [[Battle of Vienna]] took place in 1683 after [[Vienna]] had been besieged by the [[Ottoman Empire]] for two months.")
MILITARY BLOCKADE OF A CITY OR FORTRESS
Seige; Siege warfare; Fortification and Siege Warfare; Sieges; Siegecraft; Fortification and siegecraft; Besiege; Besieged city; Seige tactics; Siegeworks; Seige warfare; SIEGE; Besiegers; Relief column; Siege works; Poliorcetics; Besieging; Police standoff; Police siege; Barricade situation
¦ verb
1. surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.
2. crowd round oppressively.
(be besieged) be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints.
Derivatives
besieger noun
Origin
ME: alt. of assiege, from OFr. asegier.
Wikipedia
Demetrius I of Macedon
Demetrius I (; Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος; 337–283 BC), also called Poliorcetes (; Greek: Πολιορκητής, "The Besieger"), was a Macedonian nobleman, military leader, and king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty and was its first member to rule Macedonia. He was the son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice.
Examples of use of BESIEGER
1. According to the ancient Greek historian, Diodorus of Sicily, in 306 BC Demetrios the Poliorketes (Besieger) triumphed over Ptolemy I of Egypt in a naval engagement off Cyprus, with dozens of vessels sunk as the result of combat. «It is well known that there was a naval engagement in the region in 306 BC, so there is a potential of finding wrecks, or parts of wrecks, in deeper waters,» Flourentzos told Reuters.