Siege of Syracuse

Name: Siege of Syracuse
Start: 0868

868 CE.

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The Battle of Syracuse was a military engagement between the Aghlabids and the Byzantines near Syracuse. The Byzantines launched an expedition to re-establish their control over Sicily. The expedition ended in disaster for the Byzantines.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Syracuse (868), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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