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Siege of Thessalonica

Siege of Thessalonica was a siege conducted in AD 254 at Thessaloniki, in what is now Greece. It was part of the Germanic Wars. The recorded result: Roman victory. Recorded strength: Garrison; Militia against Unknown.

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FoughtAD 254
WhereThessaloniki, Greece40.633N, 22.950E
OutcomeRoman victory
BelligerentsRoman EmpireagainstGoths
Part ofGermanic Wars

Where it sits in the Germanic Wars

Clades Lolliana, 16 BCEarly Imperial campaigns in Germania, 12 BCBattle of Baduhenna Wood, AD 28Siege of Thessalonica, AD 254Battle of Nestos, AD 268Alemanni and Frankish invasion of Gaul, AD 300German and Sarmatian campaigns of Constantine, AD 306Battle of Lake Constance, AD 355Siege of Autun, AD 356Battle of Vicus Helena, AD 440Battle of Corsica, AD 456Battle of Agrigentum, AD 456Battle of Garigliano, AD 457Battle of Toulouse, AD 458Battle of Bergamo, AD 464Battle of Angers, AD 464Battle of Bolia, AD 469Battle of Pavia, AD 476Battle of Ravenna, AD 47616 BCAD 476Siege of Thessalonica, AD 254
19 placed engagements of the Germanic Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateAD 254 (year precision)
PlaceThessaloniki, Greece
40.633N, 22.950E
KindSiege, ancient
StrengthGarrison; MilitiaUnknown
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 16 times between AD 254 and 1422.

In the same war

Elsewhere in AD 254

Siege of Thessalonica is one of 97 engagements of the 3rd century in the atlas and one of 529 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q56275237, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Thessalonica (254), revision 1370745779, 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.