siege, ancient
Siege of Tunis
Siege of Tunis was a siege conducted in October 238 BC at Tunis, in what is now Tunisia. It was part of the Mercenary War, which ran from 240 BC to 238 BC. The recorded result: Rebel victory. Recorded strength: c. 20,000 against c. 20,000.
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Where it sits in the Mercenary War
Record
| Date | October 238 BC (month precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Tunis, Tunisia 36.797N, 10.167E | |
| Kind | Siege, ancient | |
| Strength | c. 20,000 | c. 20,000 |
| Casualties and losses | Heavy | Unknown |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Bagradas 255 BC, 0.1 km W
- Conquest of Tunis 1535, 0.3 km N
- Conquest of Tunis 1574, 1.2 km E
- Siege of Tunis 1694, 1.7 km NE
- Siege of Tunis 1705, 1.7 km NE
Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 255 BC and 1705.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Leptis Parva 238 BC
- All 7 engagements of Mercenary War
Elsewhere in 238 BC
- Battle of Aphrodisium Turkey
Siege of Tunis is one of 193 engagements of the 3rd century BC in the atlas and one of 133 in present-day Tunisia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3070000, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War), revision 1370746101, 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.