Siege of Antioch (260)
| Siege of Antioch | |||||||||
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| Part of Roman–Persian Wars | |||||||||
 Map of Antioch in Roman times | |||||||||
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| Roman Empire | Sasanian Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Unknown | Shapur I | ||||||||
The Siege of Antioch was a battle fought between the Sasanian Empire and the Roman Empire in 260 AD. In this battle, Shapur I first besieged the city and was able to conquer Antioch for the second time by penetrating the city wals.
Description
[edit]After a series of campaigns against the Roman Empire (252-256),Shapur I faced Emperor Valerian in Edessa for the third time, which led to the defeat of the Romans and the capture of Valerian and the high Roman officials[1]Valerian spent the last days of her life in prison[2].After this victory, Shapur decided to launch a new attack on the cities of Antioch, Cilicia and Caesarea.[3]Shapur first attacked Antioch, besieged this city and after penetrating its walls, conquered this city. With this victory, Shapur destroyed all the Roman provinces in Mesopotamia and expelled the Romans from there.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Zonara, L'epitome delle storie, XII, 23
- ^ Orosio, Historiarum adversos paganos libri VII, VII, 3-4
- ^ D.S. Potter, Prophecy and history in the crisis of the Roman Empire. A historical commentary on the Thirteenth Sibylline Oracle, Oxford 1990; Erich Kettenhofen, Die römisch-persischen Kriege des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr., Wiesbaden 1982, nr. 55, pp. 44-46.
- ^ Agazia Scolastico, Sul regno di Giustiniano, IV,