Battles of Syracuse may refer to:
- first and second Battles of Syracuse in 415 and 414 BC, where Athens fought the Syracusans and Spartans
- Battle of Syracuse in 387 BC, during one of the Carthaginian campaigns in Sicily.
- Siege of Syracuse in 212 BC, between the city of Syracuse that was trying to reassert its control over eastern Sicily, and a Roman army under Marcellus sent to put down the city's uprising.
- Battle of Syracuse (1710), a naval battle in the War of the Spanish Succession between French and British fleets.
Famous quotes containing the words battle of, battle and/or syracuse:
“Athelstan King,
Lord among Earls,
Bracelet-bestower and
Baron of Barons,”
—Unknown. Battle of Brunanburh (l. 1–4)
“Fold up the banners! Smelt the guns!
Love rules, Her gentler purpose runs.
A mighty mother turns in tears
The pages of her battle years,
Lamenting all her fallen sons!”
—Will Henry Thompson (1848–1918)
“The Dada object reflected an ironic posture before the consecrated forms of art. The surrealist object differs significantly in this respect. It stands for a mysterious relationship with the outer world established by man’s sensibility in a way that involves concrete forms in projecting the artist’s inner model.”
—J.H. Matthews. “Object Lessons,” The Imagery of Surrealism, Syracuse University Press (1977)