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A recreation of the Siege of Nineveh (c. 612 BCE) by Vilius Petrauskas. Courtesy of Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.

Illustration of the Siege of Calais (1350 CE) during the Hundred Years' War by Marek Szyszko. Courtesy of Medieval Warfare Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.

Siege of Toulon, 1793. Painting by Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort.

Depiction of the Siege of Lyon, August-October 1793 during the Revolt of Lyon. Authour unknown.

Siege of Nöteborg (1702), oil on canvas by Alexander Kotzebue. Peter the Great assaults the island fortress of Nöteborg, which he renamed Shlisselburg, recognising it as the "key" to taking Ingria.

Siege of Toulon, 30 November 1793. By Sigismond Himely, 1839. Palace of Versailles.

US soldiers fighting off Native American warriors at the Siege of Fort Meigs (28 April to 9 May 1813) during the War of 1812. Lithograph published by D.W. Kellogg & Co., 1845. Brown University Library.

Siege of Nöteborg (1702), oil on canvas by Alexander Kotzebue. Peter the Great (1682-1721) assaults the island fortress of Nöteborg, which he renamed Shlisselburg, recognising it as the "key" to taking Ingria.

This is an artistic 3D model of how the Battle of Alesia may have looked. In this decisive Roman victory (September 52 BCE), Julius Caesar defeated the Arverni leader Vercingetorix, completing the Roman conquest of Gaul.

This small alabaster bas relief was part of a larger relief that documented the military campaign of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal against the Elamite city of Hamanu. The Assyrian camp was built before Hamanu's city walls. There are two...