Battle of Edessa

When

260

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.15° N, 38.80° E

Description

260 AD battle between the Sasanian Empire and the Roman Empire

260 Sasanian victory over Rome

The Battle of Edessa took place between the armies of the Roman Empire, under the command of Emperor Valerian, and the Sasanian Empire under Shapur I, in Edessa in 260. The Roman army was defeated and captured in its entirety by the Sasanian forces; for the first time, a Roman emperor was taken prisoner.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Edessa: With a large army, said to number 70,000 men, Valerian attempts to drive the Persians back from Edessa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Frühsommer: Valerians Orientarmee, die sich im Kampf gegen das Sassanidenreich befindet, ist geschwächt, da viele Soldaten der Pest zum Opfer gefallen sind”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Juin? : lors de la troisième campagne du roi perse Chahpur (Sapor ) contre Rome en Haute Mésopotamie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Эдессе: император Валериан I потерпел поражение от персидских сил под командованием Шапура I в Месопотамии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “پیروزی شاپور یکم، شاهنشاه ایران بر والرین، امپراتور روم در نبرد ادسا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “伊朗薩珊王朝沙普爾一世在埃德薩戰役中大敗羅馬軍團，並且俘虜了羅馬皇帝瓦勒良，長子加里恩努斯成為羅馬帝國皇帝。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ローマ皇帝ウァレリアヌスがサーサーン朝のシャープール1世に捕らわれる（エデッサの戦い）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page