6 sentences with “siege”

Augustine of Hippo lived through the worst period of Roman decline, completing his work while his own city was under siege by a Germanic group called the Vandals.

Also, despite having conquered large amounts of Byzantine territory, Constantinople itself withstood a massive siege in 718 and Byzantine forces pushed back Arab forces in Anatolia.

Then, in 885, at least 700 ships sailed up the Seine River and laid siege to Paris (note that their initial target, a wealthy monastery, had been evacuated with its treasure; however, the hold was not spared).

Although Sparta could not take Athens on its own, Athens was essentially under siege for decades; life went on, but it was usually impossible for Athenians to travel overland in Greece outside their home region of Attica.

Judah was overrun by the Assyrians, but Jerusalem withstood a long enough siege to convince the Assyrians to accept bribes to leave, and instead became a satellite kingdom dominated by the Assyrians but still ruled by a Hebrew king.

However, Hannibal was hampered by the fact that he had no siege train to attack Rome itself (which was heavily fortified), and he failed to conquer the cities of southern Italy that had been conquered by the Romans a century earlier.