Roman Siege Warfare Timeline

Rome besieges and sacks Agrigento on Sicily in one of the first actions of the First Punic War.

A Carthaginian army is defeated in Sicily by a Roman army led by Marcellus. Syracuse falls to Rome who now control the island.

Scipio Africanus wins two battles and besieges Utica in North Africa.

Rome sends an army of 80,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry to attack Carthage.

The Roman siege of Carthage, in its second year, remains unsuccessful.

Scipio Africanus the Younger sacks Carthage and enslaves its population.

The Roman general Sulla sacks Athens and the port of Piraeus.

After becoming trapped and besieged at Alesia, Vercingetorix surrenders to Caesar.

Caesar's siege and capture of Uxellodunum ends the Gallic War.

Julius Caesar besieges Massilia.

Maiden Castle, a Celtic hilltop fort in southern Britain, is captured by Roman legions.

The city of Jerusalem is besieged and captured by Rome; the Second Temple destroyed.