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Fig. 52: The Wall Controlling the Yenice Strait. Photo. by A. Kılınç.
Alexander, who had easily conquered many cities until he
came here, went crazy because of the losses he had suffered
in the Yenice Strait. So much so that he besieged the city by
ordering his soldiers to seize Termessos, who crossed the strait.
However, the Termessians multiplied again, and fearlessly de-
fended their city to the death by throwing stones and rocks at
Alexander’s army from a height over a length of 9 kilometers
onto the invaders below. Together, the Termessians neutralized
many enemy soldiers by sending them down the steep slope.
No matter how angry Alexander became at this situation, he
desperately withdraws his army from the siege of Termessos
in order not to lose more time and soldiers and sets out for Ph-
rygia to conquer the city of King Gordios and meet up with his
reinforcements. Termessos takes its eternal place on the stage
of history as the only city that Alexander the Great could not
conquer during his Asian Campaign (Kürkçü 2011).

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