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List of sieges of Syracuse
The
city of
Syracuse
, on
the island
of
Sicily
southwest
of the
Italian peninsula
, has been
besieged
repeatedly since its
founding
as a
Greek colony
, including the following:
Before the Common Era
, while a
Greek
colony
or
Hellenistic
state:
* 415–413 by the
Athenians
during the
Sicilian Expedition
*
397
by the
Carthaginians
*
343
by
Hicetas
, the Carthaginians and
Timoleon
*
311–09
by the Carthaginians
*
278
by the Carthaginians
*
214–2
by the
Roman Republic
during
the Second Punic War
In the
Common Era
, while a
Byzantine province
, by the Aghlabids:
*
827–8
*
868
*
877–8