Siege of Syracuse
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There have been several sieges of the city of Syracuse in Sicily
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Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
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- Siege of Syracuse (415–413 BC) by the Athenians during the Sicilian Expedition
- Siege of Syracuse (397 BC) by the Carthaginians.
- Siege of Syracuse (214–212 BC) by the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War
- Siege of Syracuse (827–828)Siege of Syracuse (827–828)The Siege of Syracuse in 827–828 marks the first attempt by the Aghlabids to conquer the city of Syracuse in Sicily, then a Byzantine province. The Aghlabid army had only months before landed on Sicily, ostensibly in support of the rebel Byzantine general Euphemius...
by the Aghlabids - Siege of Syracuse (868) by the Aghlabids
- Siege of Syracuse (877–878)Siege of Syracuse (877–878)The Siege of Syracuse in 877–878 led to the fall of the city of Syracuse, the Roman/Byzantine capital of Sicily, to the Aghlabids. The Aghlabids had tried and failed to take the city soon after their initial landing on the island 50 years earlier...
by the Aghlabids