A chronological list of sieges follows.
Ancient
Before 1000 BC Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) this siege is semi or entirely mythical. Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764 BC) Siege of Larsa (1763 BC) Siege of Avaris (c. 1550 BC) Siege of Sharuhen (c. 1530 BC) Siege of Megiddo (c. 1457 BC) Siege of Jericho (c. 1400 BC) Siege of Dapur (1269 BC)
10th century BC Siege of Rabbah (10th century BC) (Bible reference: II Samuel 11–12) Siege of Abel-beth-maachah (10th century BC) (Bible reference: II Samuel 20:15–22) Siege of Gezer (10th century BC) Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC) by Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I
9th century BC Siege of Gath (city) (ca. 830 BC) (Bible reference: II Kings 12:17/18) Siege of Samaria (ancient city) (9th century BC) (Bible reference: II Kings 6:24 – 7:7)
8th century BC Siege of Tyre (724–720 BC) by the Assyrians under Shalmaneser V and Sargon II Siege of Gezer (c. 733 BC) Siege of Hermopolis (701 BC) Siege of Azekah (701 BC) Siege of Lachish (701 BC) Siege of Jerusalem (701 BC) by the Assyrians under Sennacherib Siege of Tyre (701 BC) by the Assyrians under Sennacherib
7th century BC Siege of Babylon (689 BC) Siege of Tyre (671 BC) by the Assyrians under Esarhaddon Siege of Tyre (663 BC) by the Assyrians under Ashurbanipal Fall of Ashdod (635 BC) Fall of Assur (614 BC) Battle of Nineveh (612 BC) Fall of Harran (610 BC) Siege of Harran (609 BC)
6th century BC Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II Siege of Sardis (547 BC) Siege of Gaza (525 BC) Siege of Memphis (525 BC)
5th century BC
4th century BC
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
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
2nd century BC Siege of Abydos (200 BC) – Cretan War (205–200 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
1st century A.D. to 5th century 1st century
Siege of Uspe (49) Siege of Camulodunum (60–61) Siege of Yodfat (67) – First Jewish–Roman War Siege of Gush Halav (67) – first Jewish–Roman War Zealot Temple Siege (68) – first Jewish–Roman War Siege of Jerusalem (70) – the Roman siege by Titus Siege of Masada (72–73 or 73–74) – first Jewish–Roman War
2nd century Battle of Sarmisegetusa (106) – Trajan's Dacian Wars Siege of Hatra (117) – Trajan's Parthian campaign Siege of Hatra (193) – by Septimius Severus during Roman–Parthian Wars Siege of Byzantium (194–196) by forces of Septimius Severus. Siege of Hatra (197) – by Septimius Severus during Roman–Parthian Wars
3rd century Siege of Jicheng (213) Siege of Hatra (220s) by Sasanians under Ardashir I Siege of Chencang (229) – Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions Siege of Aquileia (238) – Year of the Six Emperors Siege of Hatra (240-241) by Sasanians under Shapur I Siege of Philippopolis (250) Siege of Thessalonica (254) Siege of Dura-Europos (256) Siege of Tyana (272) Siege of Palmyra (272)
4th century Siege of Byzantium (324) – Civil wars of the Tetrarchy Siege of Nisibis (337) – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
Siege of Singara (344) – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361 Siege of Nisibis (347) – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361 Siege of Nisibis (350) – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361 Siege of Autun (356) Siege of Senonae (356) Siege of Amida (359) – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361 Siege of Singara (360) – Perso-Roman wars of 337–361 Siege of Aquileia (361) Siege of Pirisabora (363) – Julian's Persian War Siege of Maiozamalcha (363) – Julian's Persian War Siege of Adrianople (378) – Gothic War (376–382)
5th century Siege of Asti (402) Siege of Florence (405) Siege of Rome (408–410) Siege of Arles (411) Siege of Valence (411) Siege of Bazas (413) Sack of Trier (413) Siege of Massilia (413) Siege of Theodosiopolis (421) – Roman–Sasanian War (421–422) Siege of Arles (425) Siege of Hippo Regius (430–431) Siege of Narbonne (436–437) Siege of Noviodunum (437) Siege of Viminacium (441) by Attila Siege of Naissus (442) by Attila Siege of Sirmium (442) by Attila Siege of Ratiaria (447) by Attila Siege of Metz (451) by Attila Siege of Aurelianum (451) by Attila Siege of Aquileia (452) by Attila Siege of Castrum Cainonense (463) Siege of Singidunum (472) Siege of Taragona (472) Siege of Rome (472) by Ricimer Siege of Papyrius (484–488) Siege of Ravenna (490–493) – Ostrogothic conquest of Italy Siege of Nisibis (498) Siege of Avignon (500) Siege of Vienne (500)
Medieval 6th century
7th century
8th century
Siege of Bergamo (701) Siege of Taranton (702) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Tyana (707–708) by the Umayyads Siege of Anchialus (708) – Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars Siege of Turanda (712) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Constantinople (717–718) by the Umayyads Siege of Toulouse (721) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Angers (722) Siege of Nicaea (727) by the Umayyads Siege of Kamarja (729) by the Turgesh Siege of Bordeaux (732) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Avignon (737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Narbonne (737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Nîmes (737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Synnada (740) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Laon (741) Siege of Loches (742) Siege of Emesa (745) – Third Fitna Siege of Wasit (749–750) – Abbasid Revolution Siege of Melitene (750) Siege of Narbonne (752–59) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Pavia (755) Siege of Rome (756) Siege of Pavia (756) Siege of Suiyang (757) – known because of acts of cannibalism. Siege of Sythen (758) Siege of Bourbon (761) – Aquitanian War Siege of Clermont (761) – Aquitanian War Siege of Chantelle (761) – Aquitanian War Siege of Bourges (762) – Aquitanian War Siege of Thouars (762) – Aquitanian War Siege of Kamacha (766) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Toulouse (767) – Aquitanian War Siege of Syke (771) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
Siege of Pavia (773–774) – Lombard kingdom conquered by Charlemagne Siege of Syburg (775) – Saxon Wars Siege of Syburg (776) – Saxon Wars Siege of Barbād (776) Siege of Zaragoza (778) by Charlemagne Siege of Germanikeia (778) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Semaluos (780) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Nakoleia (782) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Huesca (797) Siege of Trsat (799) Siege of Barcelona (800–801) by Louis the Pious
9th century Siege of Lucera (802) Siege of Canburg (805) Siege of Patras (805 or 807) by the Slavs of the Peloponnese Siege of Melitene (805) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Heraclea (806) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Tortosa (809) by Louis the Pious Siege of Serdica (809) – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars Siege of Venice (810) Siege of Debeltos (812) – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars Siege of Baghdad (812–813) – Fourth Fitna Siege of Mesembria (812) – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars Siege of Adrianople (813) – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars Siege of Constantinople (821–822) Siege of Arkadiopolis (823) Siege of Kaysum (824) – fourth Fitna Siege of Syracuse (827–828) – Muslim conquest of Sicily Siege and sack of Amorium (838) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Paris (845) – Viking expansion Siege of Rome (846) Siege of Marand (848) Capture of Faruriyyah (862) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Dowina (864) Siege of Baghdad (865) – Abbasid civil war (865–866) Siege of Ragusa (866–868) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Syracuse (868) – Muslim conquest of Sicily Siege of Dumbarton (870) – Viking expansion
Siege of Melite (870) – Muslim conquest of Sicily Siege of Bari (870–871) – Frankish conquest of the Emirate of Bari Siege of Salerno (871–872) Siege of Syracuse (877–878) – Muslim conquest of Sicily Siege of al-Mukhtarah (881) – Zanj Rebellion Siege of Asselt (882) – Viking expansion Siege of Euripos (883) – Arab–Byzantine Wars Siege of Rochester (885) Siege of Paris (885–886) – Viking expansion Siege of Buttington (893) – Viking expansion Siege of Bergamo (894) Siege of Rome (896) Siege of Spoleto (896) Siege of Amida (899)
10th century
11th century
12th century Second siege of Arsuf (1101) – Crusades Siege of Caesarea (1101) – Crusades Siege of Latakia (1101–1103) Siege of Acre (1102) – Crusades Siege of Arundel (1102) Siege of Bridgnorth (1102) Siege of Jaffa (1102) – Crusades Siege of Tripoli (1102–1109) – Crusades Siege of Acre (1103) – Crusades Siege of Al-Rahba (1103) Siege of Acre (1104) – Crusades Siege of Takrit (sometime between 1105 and 1107) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts Siege of Alamut (sometime between 1106 and 1109) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts Siege of Shahdez (1107) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts Siege of Nuremberg (1105) Siege of Cologne (1106) Siege of Apamea (1106) – Crusades, conflicts with the Assassins Siege of Apamea (September 1106) – Crusades, conflicts with the Assassins Siege of Malatya (1106) Siege of Castellum Arnaldi (1106) – Crusades Siege of Al-Rahba (1107) Siege of Hebron (1107) – Crusades Siege of Douai (1107) Siege of Dyrrhachium (1107–1108) – Byzantine–Norman wars Siege of Uclés (1108) – Reconquista Siege of Bratislava (1108) Siege of Sidon (1108) – Crusades Siege of Jableh (1109) – Crusades Siege of Nakło (1109) Siege of Głogów (1109) Siege of Baalbek (1110) Siege of Beirut (1110) – Crusades Siege of Novara (1110) Siege of Sidon (1110) – Norwegian Crusade Siege of Atarib (1110) – Crusades Siege of Le Puiset (1111) Siege of Vetula (1111) – Crusades Siege of Tyre (1111–1112) – Crusades Siege of Nicaea (1113) – Byzantine–Seljuq wars Siege of Hornburg Castle (1113) Siege of Mousson (1113) Siege of Bar (1113) Siege of Cologne (1114) Siege of Kafartab (1115) – Crusades Siege of Jaffa (1115) – Crusades Siege of Marqab (1116) – Crusades Siege of Alamut (1117–1118) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts Siege of Lambsar (1117–1118) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts