Siege of Kapisa

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Siege of Kapisa

Part of the Wars of Cyrus the Great

Date	October, 540 BC?
Location	Kapisa, Kamboja
Result	Persian victory.
Territorial changes	Kamboja annexed by Persia.

Belligerents

Kambojas

Achaemenid Empire

Commanders

Unknown

Cyrus the Great,
unknown others

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

Unknown

v • d • e Wars of Cyrus the Great

Persia (552 BC) – Hyrba (552 BC) – Median Border(551 BC) – Pasargadae Hill (551 BC) – Pasargadae (550 BC) – Pasargadae Plain (550 BC) – Ecbatana (549 BC) – Pteria (547 BC) – Thymbra (547 BC) – Sardis (546 BC) – Kapisa (540)? – Tigris (539 BC) – Opis (539 BC)

The Siege of Kapisa took place during the rule of Cyrus the Great, the first emperor of Persia. He laid siege to this city and captured it, then in vengeance for the ruthless resistance destroyed it, or perhaps he might have burned it first, but the greatly preserved ruins are still seen today. This is from another source that he did not completely destroy it because it was against his nature. Most likely it was a great upsetting struggle worth being recorded in history. In this vague siege it's unknown how long it lasted, but it was either in mid-540s BC, in his eastern campaigns, or in mid-530s BC, during his organization of the empire, or proposed invasion of India, in coming back or starting which is not known, but likely in starting. It was recorded by Pliny^[1].