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Siege of Rhegium

Name: Siege of Rhegium
Location: Reggio Calabria, Italy

Siege of Rhegium was a siege conducted in 386 BC at Reggio Calabria, in what is now Italy. The recorded result: Syracusan victory.

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Fought386 BC

WhereReggio Calabria, Italy38.114N, 15.650E

OutcomeSyracusan victory

BelligerentsSyracuseagainstRhegium

Record

Date	386 BC (year precision)
Place	Reggio Calabria, Italy 38.114N, 15.650E
Kind	Siege, ancient
Commanders	Dionysius I of Syracuse

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

Nearest engagements

Battaglia di Piazza Duomo 1860, 1.1 km E
Battle of Messana 264 BC, 11 km NW
Siege of Messina 1282, 12 km NW
Battle of Messene 397 BC, 12 km NW
Siege of Messina 1847, 12 km NW

Siege of Rhegium is one of 137 engagements of the 4th century BC in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510341, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Rhegium, revision 1370744749, 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.