Skip to content
محاصره

File:(Venice)_La_distruzione_del_tempio_di_Gerusalemme_-Francesco_Hayez_-_gallerie_Accademia_Venice.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ188055· pop 80· linked from 2,442 articles

محاصره

Sign in to save

thumb|upright=1.35|Depiction of 70 AD Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)|siege of Jerusalem by [[Francesco Hayez, 1867]]

AI overview

A siege is a military operation where an attacking force surrounds and cuts off a city or fortress to force it to surrender. The example shown depicts the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE, a historically significant event in which Roman forces besieged the city for months until it fell.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
armed conflict
Part of
war
Image
Siege orleans.jpg
Show 8 more facts
topic's main category
Category:Sieges
Commons category
Sieges
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
different from
lockout
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
studied by
Poliorcetica
P8168
Ciro
Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

Gallery (52)