What the records say
- When
- 263
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.09° N, 44.58° E
- Description
- 263 battle between the Sassanid and Palmyrene armies
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Siege of Ctesiphon (263)
Part of the Roman–Persian Wars
The Siege of Ctesiphon took place in 263 between the Sasanian Empire and a Palmyrene army under king Odaenathus. Following the Sasanians' defeat and evection from Roman Syria and Cappadocia at the hands of Odaenathus and Balista in 260, the Palmyrene monarch invaded Mesopotamia and stood at the walls of Ctesiphon and devastated the region around it, however he could not conquer it.
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