Siege of Kurh u Kich (278 - 279 BC)

The siege of Kurh U Kich was a long and important siege during the Syrian Rebellion.

At the start of the rebellion Antiochos I focussed on subduing the rebels in Assyria, an area where the rebellion was strongest. He successfully sacked Vicat, Nineue and Arbela in a few months but Kurh u Kich, capital of the rebellious satrap Kidin-Ashshur, fiercely resisted Antiochos forces after new of the sacking of the other cities reached them. It took 218 for Antiochos to finally subdue them. However the long time spend at Kurh u Kich allowed rebels to approach the Seleukid capital of Seleukeia Megala unopposed.