List of sieges
A chronological list of sieges follows.
Ancient
Before 1000 BC
- Siege of Aratta this siege is semi or entirely mythical.
- Siege of Uruk
- Siege of Qabra
- Siege of Hiritum
- Siege of Larsa
- Siege of Avaris
- Siege of Sharuhen
- Siege of Megiddo
- Siege of Jericho
- Siege of Dapur
10th century BC
- Siege of Rabbah
- Siege of Abel-beth-maachah
- Siege of Gezer
- Sack of Jerusalem by Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I
9th century BC
- Siege of Gath
- Siege of Samaria
8th century BC
- Siege of Tyre by the Assyrians under Shalmaneser V and Sargon II
- Siege of Gezer
- Siege of Hermopolis
- Siege of Azekah
- Siege of Lachish
- Siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians under Sennacherib
- Siege of Tyre by the Assyrians under Sennacherib
7th century BC
- Siege of Babylon
- Siege of Tyre by the Assyrians under Esarhaddon
- Siege of Tyre by the Assyrians under Ashurbanipal
- Fall of Ashdod
- Fall of Assur
- Battle of Nineveh
- Fall of Harran
- Siege of Harran
6th century BC
- Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
- Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
- Siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar II
- Siege of Sardis
- Siege of Gaza
- Siege of Memphis
5th century BC
4th century BC
3rd century BC
- Siege of Messene – Wars of the Diadochi
- Siege of Thebes
- Siege of Athens
- Siege of Syracuse – part of the Pyrrhic War
- Siege of Lilybaeum – part of the Pyrrhic War
- Siege of Sparta – Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese
- Siege of Agrigentum – part of the First Punic War
- Siege of Aspis – part of the First Punic War
- Siege of Lilybaeum – part of the First Punic War
- Siege of Drepana – part of the First Punic War
- Battle of "The Saw" – part of the Mercenary War
- Siege of Tunis – part of the Mercenary War
- Siege of Medion – First Illyrian War
- Siege of Issa – First Illyrian War
- Siege of Epidamnus – First Illyrian War
- Siege of Saguntum – casus belli for the Second Punic War
- Siege of Casilinum – Second Punic War
- Siege of Petelia – Second Punic War
- Siege of Arpi – Second Punic War
- Siege of Syracuse – the Roman siege
- Siege of Capua – Second Punic War
- Siege of Agrigentum – Second Punic War
- Battle of Cartagena – Second Punic War
- Siege of Manduria – Second Punic War
- Siege of Caulonia – Second Punic War
- Siege of Bactra
- Siege of Utica – Second Punic War
- Siege of Abydos – Cretan War
2nd century BC
- Siege of Gythium – War against Nabis
- Siege of Eucratideia
- Siege of Carthage by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus
- Siege of Numantia by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus
- Siege of Cirta – Jugurthine War
1st century BC
- Siege of Athens and Piraeus – First Mithridatic War
- Siege of Mytilene
- Siege of Cyzicus – Third Mithridatic War
- Siege of Jerusalem by Pompey the Great
- Siege of the Atuatuci – Gallic Wars
- Siege of Avaricum – Gallic Wars
- Siege of Alesia – Gallic Wars
- Siege of Uxellodunum – Gallic Wars
- Siege of Massilia – Caesar's Civil War
- Siege of Utica – Caesar's Civil War
- Siege of Dyrrhachium – Caesar's Civil War
- Siege of Alexandria – Caesar's Civil War
- Siege of Jerusalem by Herod the Great
- Siege of Aracillum – Cantabrian Wars
1st century A.D. to 5th century
1st century
- Siege of Uspe
- Siege of Camulodunum
- Siege of Yodfat – First Jewish–Roman War
- Siege of Gush Halav – first Jewish–Roman War
- Zealot Temple Siege – first Jewish–Roman War
- Siege of Jerusalem – the Roman siege by Titus
- Siege of Masada – first Jewish–Roman War
2nd century
- Battle of Sarmisegetusa – Trajan's Dacian Wars
- Siege of Hatra – Trajan's Parthian campaign
- Siege of Hatra – by Septimius Severus during Roman–Parthian Wars
- Siege of Byzantium by forces of Septimius Severus.
- Siege of Hatra – by Septimius Severus during Roman–Parthian Wars
3rd century
- Siege of Jicheng
- Siege of Hatra by Sasanians under Ardashir I
- Siege of Chencang – Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions
- Siege of Aquileia – Year of the Six Emperors
- Siege of Hatra by Sasanians under Shapur I
- Siege of Philippopolis
- Siege of Thessalonica
- Siege of Dura-Europos
- Siege of Tyana
- Siege of Palmyra
4th century
- Siege of Byzantium – Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
- Siege of Nisibis – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
- Siege of Singara – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
- Siege of Nisibis – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
- Siege of Nisibis – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
- Siege of Autun
- Siege of Senonae
- Siege of Amida – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
- Siege of Singara – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
- Siege of Aquileia
- Siege of Pirisabora – Julian's Persian War
- Siege of Maiozamalcha – Julian's Persian War
- Siege of Adrianople – Gothic War
5th century
- Siege of Asti
- Siege of Florence
- Siege of Rome
- Siege of Arles
- Siege of Valence
- Siege of Bazas
- Sack of Trier
- Siege of Massilia
- Siege of Theodosiopolis – Roman–Sasanian War
- Siege of Arles
- Siege of Hippo Regius
- Siege of Narbonne
- Siege of Noviodunum
- Siege of Viminacium by Attila
- Siege of Naissus by Attila
- Siege of Sirmium by Attila
- Siege of Ratiaria by Attila
- Siege of Metz by Attila
- Siege of Aurelianum by Attila
- Siege of Aquileia by Attila
- Siege of Castrum Cainonense
- Siege of Singidunum
- Siege of Taragona
- Siege of Rome by Ricimer
- Siege of Papyrius
- Siege of Ravenna – Ostrogothic conquest of Italy
- Siege of Nisibis
Medieval
6th century
7th century
8th century
- Siege of Bergamo
- Siege of Taranton – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Tyana by the Umayyads
- Siege of Anchialus – Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Siege of Turanda – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Constantinople by the Umayyads
- Siege of Toulouse – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
- Siege of Angers
- Siege of Nicaea by the Umayyads
- Siege of Kamarja by the Turgesh
- Siege of Bordeaux – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
- Siege of Avignon – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
- Siege of Narbonne – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
- Siege of Nîmes – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
- Siege of Synnada – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Laon
- Siege of Loches
- Siege of Emesa – Third Fitna
- Siege of Wasit – Abbasid Revolution
- Siege of Melitene
- Siege of Narbonne – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
- Siege of Pavia
- Siege of Rome
- Siege of Pavia
- Siege of Suiyang – known because of acts of cannibalism.
- Siege of Sythen
- Siege of Bourbon – Aquitanian War
- Siege of Clermont – Aquitanian War
- Siege of Chantelle – Aquitanian War
- Siege of Bourges – Aquitanian War
- Siege of Thouars – Aquitanian War
- Siege of Kamacha – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Toulouse – Aquitanian War
- Siege of Syke – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Pavia – Lombard kingdom conquered by Charlemagne
- Siege of Syburg – Saxon Wars
- Siege of Syburg – Saxon Wars
- Siege of Barbād
- Siege of Zaragoza by Charlemagne
- Siege of Germanikeia – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Semaluos – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Nakoleia – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Huesca
- Siege of Trsat
9th century
- Siege of Barcelona by Louis the Pious
- Siege of Lucera
- Siege of Canburg
- Siege of Patras by the Slavs of the Peloponnese
- Siege of Melitene – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Heraclea – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Tortosa by Louis the Pious
- Siege of Serdica – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
- Siege of Venice
- Siege of Debeltos – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
- Siege of Baghdad – Fourth Fitna
- Siege of Mesembria – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
- Siege of Adrianople – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
- Siege of Constantinople
- Siege of Arkadiopolis
- Siege of Kaysum – fourth Fitna
- Siege of Syracuse – Muslim conquest of Sicily
- Siege and sack of Amorium – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Paris – Viking expansion
- Siege of Rome
- Siege of Marand
- Capture of Faruriyyah – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Dowina
- Siege of Baghdad – Abbasid civil war
- Siege of Ragusa – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Syracuse – Muslim conquest of Sicily
- Siege of Dumbarton – Viking expansion
- Siege of Melite – Muslim conquest of Sicily
- Siege of Bari – Frankish conquest of the Emirate of Bari
- Siege of Salerno
- Siege of Syracuse – Muslim conquest of Sicily
- Siege of al-Mukhtarah – Zanj Rebellion
- Siege of Asselt – Viking expansion
- Siege of Euripos – Arab–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Rochester
- Siege of Paris – Viking expansion
- Siege of Buttington – Viking expansion
- Siege of Bergamo
- Siege of Rome
- Siege of Spoleto
- Siege of Amida
10th century
11th century
12th century
- Siege of Haifa – Crusades
- Siege of Le Mans
- Second siege of Arsuf – Crusades
- Siege of Caesarea – Crusades
- Siege of Latakia
- Siege of Acre – Crusades
- Siege of Arundel
- Siege of Bridgnorth
- Siege of Jaffa – Crusades
- Siege of Tripoli – Crusades
- Siege of Acre – Crusades
- Siege of Al-Rahba
- Siege of Acre – Crusades
- Siege of Takrit – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
- Siege of Alamut – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
- Siege of Shahdez – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
- Siege of Nuremberg
- Siege of Cologne
- Siege of Apamea – Crusades, conflicts with the Assassins
- Siege of Apamea – Crusades, conflicts with the Assassins
- Siege of Malatya
- Siege of Castellum Arnaldi – Crusades
- Siege of Al-Rahba
- Siege of Hebron – Crusades
- Siege of Douai
- Siege of Dyrrhachium – Byzantine–Norman wars
- Siege of Uclés – Reconquista
- Siege of Bratislava
- Siege of Sidon – Crusades
- Siege of Jableh – Crusades
- Siege of Nakło
- Siege of Głogów
- Siege of Baalbek
- Siege of Beirut – Crusades
- Siege of Novara
- Siege of Sidon – Norwegian Crusade
- Siege of Atarib – Crusades
- Siege of Le Puiset
- Siege of Vetula – Crusades
- Siege of Tyre – Crusades
- Siege of Nicaea – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
- Siege of Hornburg Castle
- Siege of Mousson
- Siege of Bar
- Siege of Cologne
- Siege of Kafartab – Crusades
- Siege of Jaffa – Crusades
- Siege of Marqab – Crusades
- Siege of Alamut – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
- Siege of Lambsar – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
- Siege of Laodicea – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
- Siege of Sozopolis – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
- Siege of Jerash – Crusades
- Siege of Mainz
- Siege of Tbilisi – Georgian–Seljuk wars
- Siege of Aschaffenburg Castle
- Siege of Faulquemont Castle
- Siege of Zardana – Crusades
- Siege of Balis – Crusades
- Siege of Kharput – Crusades
- Siege of Jaffa – Crusades
- Siege of Schulenburg Castle
- Siege of Manbij
- Siege of Azaz – Crusades
- Siege of Tyre – Crusades
- Siege of Aleppo – Crusades
- Siege of Raffaniya – Crusades
- Siege of Al-Rahba
- Siege of Bayonne
- Siege of De'an – Jin–Song Wars
- Siege of Kastamone
- Siege of Kastamone
- Siege of Savur – Crusades
- Siege of Gangra
- Siege of Montferrand – Crusades
- Siege of Anazarbos – Crusades
- Siege of Vahka – Crusades
- Siege of Antioch – Crusades
- Siege of Kafartab – Crusades
- Siege of Aleppo – Crusades
- Siege of Shaizar – Crusades
- Siege of Buza'a – Crusades
- Siege of Coria – Reconquista
- Siege of Baalbek
- Siege of Oreja – Reconquista
- Siege of Neocaesarea
- Siege of Weinsberg
- Siege of Banias – Crusades
- Siege of Coria – Reconquista
- Siege of Lisbon – Reconquista
- Siege of Li Vaux Moise – Crusades
- Siege of Edessa – Crusades
- Siege of Al-Bira – Crusades
- Siege of Edessa – Crusades
- Siege of Almería – Reconquista
- Siege of Lisbon – Reconquista
- Siege of Tortosa – Reconquista
- Siege of Damascus – Second Crusade
- Siege of Turbessel – Crusades
- Siege of Jerusalem – Crusades
- Siege of Ascalon – Crusades
- Siege of Braničevo
- Siege of Tortona
- Siege of Brindisi
- Siege of Shirakawa-den
- Siege of Baghdad
- Siege of Banias – Crusades
- Siege of Shaizar – Crusades
- Siege of Casalia – Crusades
- Siege of Harim – Crusades
- Siege of Milan – part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
- Siege of Crema – part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
- Siege of Sanjō Palace – the main action of the Heiji Rebellion took place in Kyoto
- Siege of Ani – Georgian–Seljuk wars
- Siege of Milan – part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
- Siege of Harim
- Siege of Banias
- Siege of Alexandria – Crusader invasions of Egypt
- Siege of Wexford – the first major clash of the Norman invasion of Ireland
- Siege of Damietta – Crusader invasions of Egypt
- Siege of Kerak – Crusades
- Siege of Sinjar
- Siege of Kerak – Crusades
- Siege of Derbent – Caspian expeditions of the Rus'
- Siege of Alexandria
- Siege of Alessandria – part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
- Siege of Homs
- Siege of Montferrand
- Siege of Sinjar
- Siege of Azaz
- Siege of Masyaf
- Siege of Harim – Crusades
- Siege of Demmin – Brandenburg–Pomeranian conflict
- Conquest of Cuenca – Reconquista
- Siege of Claudiopolis – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
- Siege of Jacob's Ford – Crusades
- Siege of Nara – Genpei War
- Siege of Beirut – Crusades
- Siege of Mosul
- Siege of Amida
- Siege of Hiuchi – Genpei War
- Siege of Fukuryūji – Genpei War
- Siege of Tell Khalid
- Siege of Kerak – Crusades
- Siege of Hōjūjidono – Genpei War
- Siege of Santarém
- Siege of Kerak – Crusades
- Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans
- Siege of Mayyafariqin
- Siege of Lovech
- Siege of Tiberias – Crusades
- Siege of Toron – Crusades
- Siege of Ascalon – Crusades
- Siege of Jerusalem – Crusades
- Siege of Tyre – Crusades
- Siege of Kerak – Crusades
- Siege of Sahyun Castle – Crusades
- Siege of al-Shughur – Crusades
- Siege of Bourzey Castle – Crusades
- Siege of Trapessac – Crusades
- Siege of Baghras – Crusades
- Siege of Safed – Crusades
- Siege of Belvoir – Crusades
- Siege of Acre – Third Crusade
- Siege of Naples
- Siege of Jaffa – Third Crusade
- Siege of Verneuil
- Siege of Loches
- Siege of Aumâle
- Siege of Jaffa – Crusades
- Siege of Toron – Crusade of 1197
- Siege of Châlus
- Siege of Montferrand