Battle of Opis

When

Sep 539 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

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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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “28? – Battle of Opis: Troops of the Persian Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great decisively defeat those of the Neo-Babylonian Empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “9月25日〜28日? - オピスの戦い：キュロス2世（キュロス大王）が率いたアケメネス朝ペルシアの軍勢が、新バビロニアの軍勢を打ち破った。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page