Battle of Opis

Wann

Sep 539 v. Chr.

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

33.18° N, 44.70° E

Description

final battle of the Persian conquest of Babylonia

Final battle between the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Achaemenid Empire

The Battle of Opis was the last major military engagement between the Achaemenid Empire and the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which took place in September 539 BC, during the Persian invasion of Mesopotamia. At the time, Babylonia was the last major power in Western Asia that was not yet under Persian control.

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