Siege of Uspe

The Siege of Uspe was a short siege during the brief Roman-Bosporan War between the Siraceni and the Aorsi on the weakly fortified stronghold of Uspe.

Background and Siege
Zorsines had been aiding Mithridates III in his war against his brother Cotys I since 40 AD. The Mithridatic faction had been losing, having lost Artezian to the Roman forces sometime in 45 AD.

The siege began after Eunones cross the river Panda, and had noticed that the stronghold had weak defenses that he would use in his favor. He constructed towers as a means to harass the people of the city with darts and arrows, and end the force them to surrender much more quickly. After being able to take no more, the people of Uspe offered a capitulation of 10,000 hostages, to which the Aorsi declined. The siege in total did not last for a day if it were not for the night. Having not being able to hold out against the Aorsi, Zorsines sued for peace and acknowledge the superiority of Claudius.

After Mithridates learned of his ally's defeat, he also sued for peace as he found his troops to little to continue the war.