Siege of Syracuse (868)

The Siege of Syracuse in 868 was conducted by the Aghlabids against Syracuse in Sicily, then a possession of the Byzantine Empire, during the long Muslim conquest of Sicily. During the siege the Aghlabids defeated a Byzantine fleet which came to the relief of the city.[1] Because the siege failed to take the city, the Muslims resorted to pillaging the countryside surrounding it before they retired.[2] A decade later, the Aghlabids finally conquered the city after the siege of 877–878.

References
  1. Konstam 2015, p. 15?.
  2. Metcalfe 2009, p. 25.

Sources
Metcalfe, Alex (2009). The Muslims of Medieval Italy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-2008-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Konstam, Angus (2015). Byzantine Warship vs Arab Warship: 7th–11th centuries. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472807595.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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