Siege of Amida

When

359

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

37.92° N, 40.22° E

Description

359 siege during the Perso-Roman wars of 337–361

Siege undertaken by Sasanian Persia

The siege of Amida was a military investment of the Roman fortified frontier city of Amida by the Sasanian Empire. It took place in AD 359 when the Sasanian army under king Shapur II invaded the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. Shapur wanted to exploit the absence of the Roman Emperor Constantius II who was overseeing affairs in the western part of the Empire. The city fell after a siege of 73 days.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Amida: Shapur II besieges the Roman fortress of Amida (modern Diyarbakir)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Amida Kuşatması gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “محاصره آمیدا: شاپور دوم قلعه رومی آمیدا (دیاربکر امروزی) را محاصره می‌کند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page