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Siege of Constantinople: 626 Sasanian–Byzantine wars: 95,000 70,000 Siege of Constantinople: 717–718 Arab–Byzantine wars: 170,000 130,000 [2] Siege of Yongqiu: 756 An Lushan Rebellion: 100,000 65,000 Siege of Suiyang: 757 An Lushan Rebellion: 200,000+ 160,000 Siege of Chandax: 960-961 Arab–Byzantine wars: 74,000 50,000 Siege of Yongzhou ...
Excerpt: "Few cities have undergone more memorable sieges during ancient and medieval times than has the city of Syracuse." The Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC Also called the Battle of Arbela. Excerpt: "the ancient Persian empire, which once subjugated all the nations of the earth, was defeated when Alexander had won his victory at Arbela."
The lengthy siege by Roman Empire troops culminated in the Roman legion surrounding Masada and constructing a siege ramp against the western face of the plateau, moving thousands of tons of stones and beaten earth over several months. Upon reaching the fortress, the Romans discovered that all 960 rebels had committed suicide.
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
List of battles of the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648); Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815); List of American Civil War battles (1861–1865)
1213 May 30 and 31 Damme – English under William Longsword sink most of fleet of France's King Philip II in the harbor of Damme; 1217 August 24 Dover (South Foreland) – The "Fight off Sandwich". Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover. There were actually 2 battles – this describes the 2nd
Another battle often noted for being a victory against all odds was the Battle of Agincourt (1415), [10] [11] which saw a depleted English army, led by King Henry V and composed of 5,000 to 8,000 longbowmen, achieve victory over a superior French army of 15,000 to 30,000 cavalry and heavy infantry; the English were outnumbered, possibly by as ...