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The '''siege of Senonae''' was a siege during Roman–Alamanni conflict which resulted in a Roman victory.
{{Short description|356 siege, part of Roman-Alamanni conflict}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = Siege of Senonae
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| partof      = the Roman–Alamanni conflict<br>and [[Germanic Wars|Roman–Germanic Wars]]
| date        = 356
| place       = [[Senonae]], (modern [[France]])
| result      = Roman victory
| combatant1  = [[Western Roman Empire]]
| combatant2  = [[Alamanni]]
| commander1  = [[Julian (emperor)|Julian]]
| commander2  = Unknown
| strength1   = Unknown
| strength2   = Unknown
| casualties1 = Unknown
| casualties2 = Unknown|
}}
{{Campaignbox Rome against the Alamanni}}
In 356, after leaving [[Cologne]], [[Julian the Apostate]], the future [[Roman emperor]], wintered in Senonae (possibly modern [[Sens]]) in [[Gaul]]. Following [[desertion]]s from his German [[Foederati|federated troops]], hostile Germanic warbands learned that his force was under-strength and moved to attack the town. However, lacking advanced siegecraft, they were not able to break into the town and could only prevent Julian from venturing outside the walls. After a month, they withdrew.<ref>Goldsworthy, Adrian. ''In the Name of Rome'', Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003, p. 345</ref>

<blockquote>Finally, after a month the savages withdrew crestfallen, muttering that they had been silly and foolish to have contemplated the blockade of the city. But — a thing to be regarded as a shameful situation — while Caesar was in jeopardy, [[Marcellus (magister equitum)|Marcellus]], master of the horse, although he was stationed in neighbouring posts, postponed sending him reinforcements; whereas even if the city alone was endangered, to say nothing of the prince's presence there, it ought to have been saved from the hardships of blockade by the intervention of a large force.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ammianus |first1=Marcellinus |last2=Rolfe |first2=J.C. (tr). |title=The History XVI 4 2–3 |publisher=Loeb Classical Library |page=213 |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Ammian/16*.html |accessdate=Mar 23, 2019}}</ref></blockquote>

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[[Category:350s conflicts|Senonae]]
[[Category:Sieges involving the Roman Empire|Senonae]]
[[Category:356]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Alemanni|Senonae]]
[[Category:350s in the Roman Empire]]
[[Category:4th century in Roman Gaul]]
[[Category:Julian (emperor)]]

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