Siege of Pavia (773–74)
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Siege of Pavia can refer to one of the following sieges of the city of
Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the ...
(ancient
Ticinum Ticinum (the modern Pavia) was an ancient city of Gallia Transpadana, founded on the banks of the river of the same name (now the Ticino river) a little way above its confluence with the Padus ( Po). It was said by Pliny the Elder to have bee ...
) in
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
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Siege of Pavia (569–572) The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 and ...
, by the Lombards *
Siege of Pavia (773–774) The siege or battle of Pavia was fought in 773–774 in northern Italy, near Ticinum (modern Pavia), and resulted in the victory of the Franks under Charlemagne against the Lombards under King Desiderius. Background Charlemagne, ''rex Fra ...
, by Charlemagne *
Siege of Pavia (1356) Siege of Pavia can refer to one of the following sieges of the city of Pavia (ancient Ticinum) in Italy: * Siege of Pavia (569–572), by the Lombards * Siege of Pavia (773–774), by Charlemagne * Siege of Pavia (1356), by the Visconti * Siege ...
, by the Visconti *
Siege of Pavia (1359) Siege of Pavia can refer to one of the following sieges of the city of Pavia (ancient Ticinum) in Italy: * Siege of Pavia (569–572), by the Lombards * Siege of Pavia (773–774), by Charlemagne * Siege of Pavia (1356), by the Visconti * Siege o ...
, by the Visconti *
Siege of Pavia (1524–1525) Siege of Pavia can refer to one of the following sieges of the city of Pavia (ancient Ticinum) in Italy: * Siege of Pavia (569–572), by the Lombards * Siege of Pavia (773–774), by Charlemagne * Siege of Pavia (1356), by the Visconti * Siege of ...
during the
Italian campaign of 1524–1525 The Italian campaign of 1524–1525 was the final significant action of the Italian War of 1521–1526. Prelude The French, in possession of Lombardy at the start of the Italian War of 1521, had been forced to abandon it after their defe ...
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Siege of Pavia (1655) Siege of Pavia can refer to one of the following sieges of the city of Pavia (ancient Ticinum) in Italy: * Siege of Pavia (569–572), by the Lombards * Siege of Pavia (773–774), by Charlemagne * Siege of Pavia (1356), by the Visconti * Siege of ...
during the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659)


See also

* Battle of Pavia (disambiguation) {{disambig