battle, ancient

Siege of Rome

Name: Siege of Rome
Location: Rome, Italy

Siege of Rome was a battle fought in 508 BC at Rome, in what is now Italy. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Rome. It was part of the Roman-Etruscan Wars. The recorded result: Roman victory.

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Fought508 BC

WhereRome, Italy41.893N, 12.483E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeRoman victory

BelligerentsRoman KingdomagainstFidenae; Veii

Part ofRoman-Etruscan Wars

Where it sits in the Roman-Etruscan Wars

9 placed engagements of the Roman-Etruscan Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	508 BC (year precision)
Place	Rome, Italy 41.893N, 12.483E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Commanders	Romulus

Placed at Rome; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Sack of Rome 390 BC, same recorded site
Siege of Rome 1849, same recorded site
Siege of Rome AD 472, same recorded site
Siege of the Capitoline Hill AD 69, same recorded site
Siege of Rome AD 537, 1.6 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Fidenae 701 BC
After: Battle of Veii 480 BC
All 9 engagements of Roman-Etruscan Wars

Elsewhere in 508 BC

War between Clusium and Aricia Italy

Siege of Rome is one of 31 engagements of the 6th century BC in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q17354928, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Rome (508 BC), revision 1376053555, 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.