Editing Miletus (section)

===Macedonian period===

In 334 BC, the [[Siege of Miletus]] by the forces of [[Alexander the Great]] of Macedonia conquered the city.  The conquest of most of the rest of Asia Minor soon followed. In this period, the city reached its greatest extent, occupying within its walls an area of approximately {{convert|90|ha}}.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Chant|editor1-first=Colin|editor2-last=Goodman|editor2-first=David|last=Chant|first=Colin|title=Pre-industrial Cities and Technology|year=1999|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=9780415200752|page=61|chapter=Greece|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAhVazSIKM8C&pg=PA61}}</ref>

When Alexander died in 323 BC, Miletus came under the control of Ptolemy, governor of [[Caria]], and his satrap of Lydia, [[Asander]], who had become autonomous.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0dsLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89 'The Life of Alexander the Great' by John Williams, Henry Ketcham, p. 89]</ref> In 312 BC, Macedonian general [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]] sent Docimus and Medeius to free the city and grant autonomy, restoring the democratic patrimonial regime. In 301 BC, after Antigonus I was killed in the [[Battle of Ipsus]]  by the coalition of [[Lysimachus]], [[Cassander]], and [[Seleucus I Nicator]], founder of the [[Seleucid Empire]], Miletus maintained good relations with all the successors after Seleucus I Nicator made substantial donations to the sanctuary of Didyma and returned the statue of Apollo that had been stolen by the Persians in 494 BC.

In 295 BC, Antigonus I's son [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]] was the eponymous archon (stephanephorus) in the city, which allied with [[Ptolemy I Soter]] of Egypt, while Lysimachus assumed power in the region, enforcing a strict policy towards the Greek cities by imposing high taxes, forcing Miletus to resort to lending.