Sieges And Battles
23 entries in the Sieges And Battles compendium.
Sicilian WarsThe Greco-Punic struggle for Sicily and the western Mediterranean, 580–265 BC.Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)The nearly three-year siege that ended the Third Punic War and destroyed Carthage.Siege of Constantinople (674–678)First major Arab siege of Constantinople, repelled by Greek fire.Siege of Constantinople (717–718)Arab siege of Constantinople failed, securing Byzantine survival.Siege of Orléans (1428–1429)Turning point siege of the Hundred Years' War, lifted after Joan of Arc arrived.Siege of Pavia (773–774)The Frankish siege that ended the Lombard kingdom and made Charlemagne king of both FranksThird Punic WarThe final conflict that erased Carthage from the map.Third Servile WarThe slave rebellion that threatened Rome's heartland.War of ActiumThe last civil war of the Roman Republic, ending with Octavian's victory and the rise of tBattle of Ain JalutThe first major halt to Mongolian advancesSiege of Acre (1189–1191)The first significant counterattack of the Third Crusade, a grueling two-year siege that eSiege of AntiochA pivotal two-stage siege of the First Crusade, from 20 October 1097 to 28 June 1098.Siege of BaghdadThe Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258 ended Abbasid rule and reshaped the Islamic world.Siege of Belgrade (1456)The 1456 Siege of Belgrade: A turning point that halted Ottoman expansion for 70 years.Siege of Jerusalem (1099)The 1099 siege that ended the First Crusade, marked by a brutal massacre and the capture oSiege of Jerusalem (1187)The fall of Jerusalem in 1187: a siege of faith, negotiation, and limited bloodshed.Siege of LeningradThe 872-day blockade of Leningrad by Germany and Finland, the most destructive siege in hiSiege of Malta (World War II)The fight for control of the strategically important island of Malta from June 1940 to NovSiege of Metz (1870)A decisive German victory that trapped and starved the French Army of the Rhine into surreSiege of Paris (1870–1871)A siege that ended with an armistice, not a capture, and reshaped Europe.Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)The culminating struggle for the strategic Russian port in 1854–55.Siege of TurinThe Siege of Turin (1706) ended with Prince Eugene's relief of the city, a turning point iSiege of YorktownThe decisive 1781 siege that ended the American Revolutionary War.
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