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  2. Besiege (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Besiege is a vehicle-building sandbox video game based around medieval siege engines, developed and published by Spiderling Studios. The game was released for Windows, macOS and Linux in February 2020 at the conclusion of a five-year long early access phase. A console version for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S was released in February 2022, and ...

  3. Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged Jerusalem, the center of Jewish rebel resistance in the Roman province of Judaea. Following a five-month siege, the Romans destroyed the city and the Second Jewish Temple.

  4. Besieged (film) - Wikipedia

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    May 21, 1999. ( 1999-05-21) (USA) Running time. 93 min. Box office. $2,048,740. Besieged (Italian title: L'assedio) is a 1998 film by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Thandie Newton and David Thewlis. The film is based on the short story "The Siege" by James Lasdun and was supposed to be a 60-minute teleplay until Bertolucci chose to expand it.

  5. Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) - Wikipedia

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    The siege of Jerusalem (circa 589–587 BC) was the final event of the Judahite revolts against Babylon, in which Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, besieged Jerusalem, the capital city of the Kingdom of Judah. Jerusalem fell after a 30-month siege, following which the Babylonians systematically destroyed the city and Solomon ...

  6. Siege of Esztergom (1605) - Wikipedia

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    One of the Habsburg's greatest victories during the 15 Years' War was the recapture of Esztergom in 1595. The castle was crucial to the defense of Buda. The Ottomans made every effort to retake this vital location. They were unable to besiege Esztergom during the conflict, though, and their first opportunity to do so was in 1604.

  7. Battle of Alesia - Wikipedia

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    40,000 captured. The Battle of Alesia or siege of Alesia (September 52 BC) was the climactic military engagement of the Gallic Wars, fought around the Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement) of Alesia in modern France, a major centre of the Mandubii tribe. It was fought by the Roman army of Julius Caesar against a confederation of Gallic tribes ...

  8. Siege of Paris (885–886) - Wikipedia

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    The siege of Paris of 885–886 was part of a Viking raid on the Seine, in the Kingdom of the West Franks. The siege was the most important event of the reign of Charles the Fat, and a turning point in the fortunes of the Carolingian dynasty and the history of France. It also proved for the Franks the strategic importance of Paris at a time ...

  9. Siege warfare in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Siege techniques. The Romans used three main siege techniques to seize enemy cities: by starvation (it took more time, but less loss of life on the part of the attackers), by creating all around the besieged city a series of fortifications (an inner and sometimes an outer contravallation, as in the case of Alesia) that would prevent the enemy from obtaining supplies (of food and even water, by ...

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