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LIST OF SIEGES THROUGHOUT HISTORY

 
 

This is an extract from the Wikipedia entry

 
 

The full list begins prior to 1000 BC and continues into the 21st Century and is world wide - The list indicates for which there are Wikipedia entries. I extract here only those for the 5th to 1st centuries. I will add articles for each siege as time permitsl

 
 

5th century BC:
Siege of Naxos (499 BC) – Part of the Ionian Revolt and the Greco-Persian Wars Siege of Amathus (498–497 BC) – Ionian Revolt Siege of Soli (497 BC) – Ionian Revolt Siege of Miletus (494 BC) – Ionian Revolt Siege of Lindos (490 BC) – Part of the First Persian invasion of Greece Siege of Eretria (490 BC) – Part of the First Persian invasion of Greece Siege of Paros (489 BC) Siege of Himera (480 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Potidaea (480 BC) – Second Persian invasion of Greece Siege of Olynthus (480 BC) – Second Persian invasion of Greece Siege of Sestos (479 BC) – Greco-Persian Wars Siege of Byzantium (478 BC) – Greco-Persian Wars Siege of Eion (477–476 BC) – Wars of the Delian League Siege of Naxos (469 BC) – Wars of the Delian League Siege of Phaselis (469 BC) – Wars of the Delian League Siege of Mycenae (468 BC) Siege of Thasos (465–463 BC) – Thasian rebellion Siege of Memphis (459–455 BC) – Wars of the Delian League Siege of Aegina (458 BC) – First Peloponnesian War Siege of Tanagra (457 BC) – First Peloponnesian War Siege of Prosopitis (455–454 BC) – Wars of the Delian League Siege of Kition (451 BC) – Wars of the Delian League Siege of Samos (440–439 BC) – Samian War Siege of Epidamnos (435 BC) Siege of Potidaea (432–430 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Methone (431 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Pheia (431 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Thronium (431 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Epidaurus (430 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Plataea (429–427 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Mytilene (428–427 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Methymna (428 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Naupactus (427 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Pylos (425 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Sphacteria (425 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Nisaea (424 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Delium (424 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Mende (423 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Scione (423–421 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Torone (422 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Stagirus (422 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Galepsus (422 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Epidaurus (418–417 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Hysiae (417 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Orneae (417 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Melos (416 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Syracuse (415–413 BC) – the Athenian siege Siege of Miletus (412 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Selinus (409 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Himera (409 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Chalcedon (409 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Byzantium (408 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Methymna (406 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Mytilene (406 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Akragas (406 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Samos (405 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Athens (405–404 BC) – Peloponnesian Wa

 

4th century BC:
Siege of Molya (398 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Segesta (397 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Syracuse (397 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Tauromenium (394 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Theodosia (389 BC) – Bosporan-Heracleote War Siege of Rhegium (386 BC) Siege of Samos (366 BC) Siege of Theodosia (c. 365 BC) – Bosporan-Heracleote War Siege of Theodosia (c. 360 BC) – Bosporan-Heracleote War Siege of Amphipolis (357 BC) – Rise of Macedon Siege of Pydna (357 BC) – Rise of Macedon Siege of Potidaea (356 BC) – Rise of Macedon Siege of Methone (356 BC) – Rise of Macedon Siege of Olynthus (349–348 BC) – Third Sacred War Siege of Syracuse (343 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Perinthos (340 BC) – Third Sacred War Siege of Byzantion (340 BC) – Third Sacred War Siege of Pelium (335 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Miletus (334 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Halicarnassus (334 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Tyre (332 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Gaza (332 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Cyropolis (329 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of the Sogdian Rock (327 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Neapolis (c. 327 BC) – Samnite Wars Siege of Massaga (327 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Aornos (326 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Kot Kamalia (325 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Atari (325 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of the Mallian Citadel (325 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Lamia (323 BC) – Lamian War Siege of Cyzicus (319 BC) – Wars of the Diadochi Siege of Megalopolis (317 BC) – Wars of the Diadochi Siege of Tyre (315–314 BC) by Antigonus I Monophthalmus – Wars of the Diadochi Siege of Oreus (312 BC) – Wars of the Diadochi Siege of Syracuse (311–309 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Siracena (309 BC) – Bosporan Civil War Siege of Munichia (307 BC) – Wars of the Diadochi Siege of Salamis (306 BC) – Wars of the Diadochi Siege of Rhodes (305 BC) by Demetrius Poliorcetes

 
 

3rd century BC Siege of Messene (295 BC) – Wars of the Diadochi Siege of Thebes (292–291 BC) Siege of Athens (287 BC) Siege of Syracuse (278 BC) – Part of the Pyrrhic War Siege of Lilybaeum (278 BC) – Part of the Pyrrhic War Siege of Sparta (272 BC) – Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese Siege of Agrigentum (261 BC) – Part of the First Punic War Siege of Aspis (255 BC) – Part of the First Punic War Siege of Lilybaeum (250 BC) – Part of the First Punic War Siege of Drepana (249–241 BC) – Part of the First Punic War Battle of "The Saw" (238 BC) – Part of the Mercenary War Siege of Tunis (238 BC) – Part of the Mercenary War Siege of Medion (231 BC) – First Illyrian War Siege of Issa (230–229 BC) – First Illyrian War Siege of Epidamnus (229 BC) – First Illyrian War
(1895) Siege of Saguntum (219 BC) – casus belli for the Second Punic War Siege of Casilinum (216–215 BC) – Second Punic War Siege of Petelia (215 BC) – Second Punic War Siege of Arpi (213 BC) – Second Punic War Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC) – the Roman siege Siege of Capua (211 BC) – Second Punic War Siege of Agrigentum (210 BC) – Second Punic War Battle of Cartagena (209 BC) – Second Punic War Siege of Manduria (209 BC) – Second Punic War Siege of Caulonia (209 BC) – Second Punic War Siege of Bactra (208–206 BC) Siege of Utica (204 BC) – Second Punic War Siege of Abydos (200 BC) – Cretan War (205–200 BC)

 
 

2nd century BC Siege of Gythium (195 BC) – War against Nabis Siege of Eucratideia (169 BC) Siege of Carthage (149–146 BC) by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Siege of Numantia (134–133 BC) by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Siege of Cirta (113 BC) – Jugurthine War

 
 

1st century BC Siege of Athens and Piraeus (87–86 BC) – First Mithridatic War Siege of Mytilene (81 BC) Siege of Cyzicus (73 BC) – Third Mithridatic War Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) by Pompey the Great Siege of the Atuatuci (57 BC) – Gallic Wars Siege of Avaricum (52 BC) – Gallic Wars Siege of Alesia (52 BC) – Gallic Wars Siege of Uxellodunum (51 BC) – Gallic Wars Siege of Massilia (49 BC) – Caesar's Civil War Siege of Utica (49 BC) – Caesar's Civil War Siege of Dyrrhachium (48 BC) – Caesar's Civil War Siege of Alexandria (48–47 BC) – Caesar's Civil War Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC) by Herod the Great Siege of Aracillum (25 BC) – Cantabrian Wars

 

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