siege, medieval

Siege of Arles

Name: Siege of Arles
Location: Arles, France

Siege of Arles was a siege conducted in AD 507 at Arles, in what is now France; it ran into the following year. It was part of the Franco-Visigothic Wars, which ran from AD 492 to AD 589. The recorded result: Gothic victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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FoughtAD 507ran into the following year

WhereArles, France43.677N, 4.628E

OutcomeGothic victory

BelligerentsVisigothic Kingdom; Ostrogothic KingdomagainstFrankish Kingdom; Kingdom of the Burgundians

Casualties and lossesUnknownand30,000 (exaggerated)

Part ofFranco-Visigothic WarsAD 492 to AD 589

Where it sits in the Franco-Visigothic Wars

4 placed engagements of the Franco-Visigothic Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	AD 507 (year precision) to AD 508
Place	Arles, France 43.677N, 4.628E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	30,000 (exaggerated)
Commanders	Ibbas Tuluin	Clovis I

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Arles AD 510, same recorded site
Battle of Arelate AD 458, same recorded site
Battle of Arles AD 471, same recorded site
Battle of Arles AD 435, same recorded site
Siege of Arles AD 411, 0.1 km NE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 13 times between AD 411 and 1368.

In the same war

Before: Battle of Vouille AD 507
After: Siege of Caesaraugusta AD 542
All 4 engagements of Franco-Visigothic Wars

Siege of Arles is one of 128 engagements of the 6th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3485818, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Arles (507–508), revision 1370738959, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.