| Battle of Antioch | |||||||||
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| Part of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 | |||||||||
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| Byzantine Empire | Sassanid Empire | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 68,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||
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Heavy
| Minimal | ||||||||
The Battle of Antioch took place in 613 outside Antioch, Turkey between a Byzantine army led by Emperor Heraclius and a Persian Sassanid army under Generals (spahbed) Shahin and Shahrbaraz[citation needed] as part of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628. The victorious Persians were able to maintain a hold on the recently taken Byzantine territory. The victory paved the way for a further Sasanian advance into the Levant and Anatolia.
- ^ Hatay Province
- ^ Witnesses to a World Crisis: Historians and Histories of the Middle East in ... "8. Decisive Persian victory near Antioch : 613"