Siege of Syracuse may refer to:
Sieges
By the Athenians:
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Siege of Syracuse (415–413 BC)
The Sicilian Expedition was an Classical Athens, Athenian military expedition to Sicily, which took place from 415–413 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Classical Athens, Athens on one side and Sparta, Syracuse, Sicily, Syracuse and C ...
, during the Sicilian Expedition
By, or in league with, the Carthaginians:
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Siege of Syracuse (397 BC)
The siege of Syracuse in 397 BC was the first of four unsuccessful sieges Carthaginian forces would undertake against Syracuse from 397 to 278 BC. In retaliation for the siege of Motya by Dionysius of Syracuse, Himilco of the Magonid fa ...
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Siege of Syracuse (343 BC)
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Siege of Syracuse (311–309 BC)
The siege of Syracuse by the Carthaginians from 311 to 309 BC followed shortly after the Battle of the Himera River in the same year. In that battle the Carthaginians, under the leadership of Hamilcar the son of Gisco, had defeated the tyra ...
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Siege of Syracuse (278 BC)
The siege of Syracuse in 278 BC was the last attempt of Carthage to conquer the city of Syracuse. Syracuse was weakened by a civil war between Thoenon and Sostratus. The Carthaginians used this opportunity to attack and besiege Syracuse bo ...
By the Roman Republic:
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Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC)
The siege of Syracuse by the Roman Republic took place in 213–212 BC. The Romans successfully stormed the Hellenistic city of Syracuse after a protracted siege, giving them control of the entire island of Sicily. During the siege, the city w ...
, during the Second Punic War against Carthage
By the Arab Aghlabid dynasty:
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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 Byzant ...
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Siege of Syracuse (868) The siege of Syracuse in 868 was conducted by the Aghlabids against Syracuse in Sicily, then a possession of the Byzantine Empire, during the long Muslim conquest of Sicily. During the siege the Aghlabids defeated a Byzantine fleet which came to th ...
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Siege of Syracuse (877–878)
Other
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''Siege of Syracuse'' (film), a 1960 historical drama film
See also
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List of sieges of Syracuse
The city of Syracuse, Sicily, Syracuse, on the island of Sicily southwest of the Italian peninsula, has been besieged repeatedly since its founding as a Greek colonies, Greek colony, including the following:
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