What the records say
- When
- 997
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.67° N, 34.57° E
- Description
- 997 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Весна — битва при Аскалоне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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