What the records say
- When
- 253
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 36.20° N, 36.15° E
- Description
- 253 Sasanian siege and capture of Roman Antioch
Siege of Antioch (253)
Sassanid siege and capture of Roman Antioch (253)
The siege of Antioch took place when the Sassanids under Shapur I besieged the Roman city of Antioch in 253 after defeating the Romans in the Battle of Barbalissos.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Antakya Kuşatması, I. Şapur döneminde Sasaniler, Barbalissos Savaşı'nda Romalıları yendikten sonra Romalı Antakya kentini kuşattı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page