page_title: List of sieges
section_title: 6th century
hierarchical_section_title: List of sieges / Military sieges / Medieval / 6th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Alboin's triumphal entry in the Roman city of Ticinum (Pavia) after the fall of the town to the Lombards in 572.
context_page_description: A chronological list of sieges follows.
context_section_description: Siege of Avignon (500)
  Siege of Vienne (500)
  Siege of Theodosiopolis (502) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Martyropolis (502) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Amida (502–503) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Constantina (502) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Harran (502) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Edessa (502) – Anastasian War
  Second Siege of Theodosiopolis (502) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Amida (503) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Ashparin (503) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Kallinikos (503) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Amida (504) – Anastasian War
  Siege of Arles (508)
  Siege of Clermont (524)
  Siege of Vollore (524)
  Siege of Chastel-Marlhac (524)
  Siege of Vitry (524)
  Siege of Martyropolis (531) – Iberian War
  Siege of Autun (534)
  Siege of Panormus (535) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Naples (536) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Salona (537) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Rome (537–538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Ariminum (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Mediolanum (538–539) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Ancona (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Urbino (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Cesena (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Orvieto (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Faesulae (539) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Auximum (539) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Ravenna (539–540) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Kassandria (539)
  Siege of Sura (540) – Lazic War
  Siege of Beroea (540) – Lazic War
  Siege of Antioch (540) – Lazic War
  Siege of Dara (540) – Lazic War
  Siege of Petra (541) – Lazic War
  Siege of Sisauranon (541) – Lazic War
  Siege of Verona (541) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Florence (542) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Naples (542–543) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Sergiopolis (542) – Lazic War
  Siege of Edessa (544) – Lazic War
  Siege of Otranto (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Auximum (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Pesaro (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Fermo (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Ascoli (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Spoleto (545) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Assisi (545) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Perugia (545) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Piacenza (545) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Rome (546–547) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Septem (547)
  Siege of Rossano (548) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Petra (549) – Lazic War
  Siege of Rome (549–550) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Centumcellae (549) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Reggio (549) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Messina (549) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Topeiros (549)
  Siege of the Abasgian fortress (549)
  Siege of Petra (550–551) – Lazic War
  Siege of Archaeopolis (550) – Lazic War
  Siege of Ancona (551) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of the Sicilian forts (551) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Caranalis (551) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Crotone (551) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Rome (552) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Centumcellae (552–553) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Cumae (552) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Lucca (553) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Parma (553) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Conza (553–554) – Gothic War (535–554)
  Siege of Onoguris (555) – Lazic War
  Siege of Chalon-sur-Saône (555)
  Siege of Phasis (555–556) – Lazic War
  Siege of Tzacher (557) – Lazic War
  Siege of Arles (567)
  Siege of Sirmium (568) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  Siege of Pavia (569–572) – Byzantine–Lombard wars
  Siege of Thebothon (573) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  Siege of Nisibis (573) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  Siege of Dara (573) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  Siege of Apathea (573) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  Siege of Valence (574)
  Siege of Grenoble (574)
  Siege of Tournai (575)
  Siege of Amida (578) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  Siege of Aphumon (578) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  Siege of Chlomaron (578) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  Siege of Sirmium (580–582) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  Siege of Uzès (581)
  Siege of Bourges (583)
  Siege of Avignon (583)
  Siege of Singidunum (583)
  Siege of Anchialos (583)
  Siege of Seville (583)
  Siege of Aphumon (583)
  Siege of Akbas (583)
  Siege of Bresce
caption: The capture of Pavia by the Lombard King, Alboin: Siege of Pavia, 572 AD
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