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| Siege of Antioch (253) | |||||||
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| Part of the Roman-Persian wars | |||||||
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Antiochia_su_Oronte.PNG) Map of Antioch in Roman times. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Roman Empire | Sassanid Empire | ||||||
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| Unknown |
Shapur I Hormizd I | ||||||
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| 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.
- ^ 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."