Battle_of_Gaza_(312_BC) Battle_of_Gaza_(312_BC)

Battle of Gaza (312 BC) - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Adrianople, Aegospotami, Agincourt, Antietam, Anzio, Ardennes, Austerlitz, Ayacucho, Balaclava, Bannockburn, Blenheim, Boyne, Cannae, Caporetto, Chancellorsville, Crecy, Dunkirk, Flodden
Battle of Gaza
ConflictThird war of the Diadochi
Date312 BC
Placeat Gaza
ResultPtolemy victory
Combatants
Ptolemy Demetrius
Commanders
Ptolemy and
Seleucus 		Demetrius
Strength
12,500 infantry
4,400 cavalry
44 war elephants 		18,000 infantry
4,000 cavalry
Casualties
500 men killed
8,000 men captured
lost 44 war elephants 		?


The battle of Gaza was a battle of the Third war of the Diadochi between Ptolemy (satrap of Egypt) and Demetrius (son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus).

Ptolemy decided an invasion of Syria. With 18,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry he arrived to Gaza in early 312 BC. Demetrius decided to offer him battle.

Demetrius:

  • left wing: 2,900 cavalry, 1,500 light infantry and 30 war elephants under Demetrius command
  • center: 11,000 infantry phalanx and 13 elephants
  • right wing: 1,500 cavalry

Ptolemy:

  • left wing: 3,000 cavalry
  • center: 18,000 phalanx
  • right wing: 1,000 cavalry
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