Siege of Antioch (253) | |||||||
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Part of the Roman-Persian wars | |||||||
Map of Antioch in Roman times. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Roman Empire | Sassanid Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Shapur I Hormizd I | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | unknown |
The siege of Antioch took place when the Sassanids under Shapur I besieged the Roman city of Antioch in 253 after defeating the Romans in the Battle of Barbalissos.
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References
- ^ A Companion to Late Antiquity, "In a devastating campaign in AD 253, Shapur ravaged northern Syria, took Hierapolis, managed to penetrate Roman territory as far as Antioch, and captured this third largest city of the Roman empire."
Further reading
Glanville, Downey (1961). A History of Antioch in Syria from Seleucus to the Arab Conquest. 10.8 pp. 252-259, 587
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