Siege of Pavia

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

Famous quotes containing the words siege of and/or siege:

    One likes people much better when they’re battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.
    Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)

    One likes people much better when they’re battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.
    Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)