What the records say
- When
- 544
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 37.15° N, 38.78° E
- Description
- 544 siege of Byzantine Edessa by the Sasanian Empire
Siege of Edessa (544)
544 AD siege of Byzantine Edessa by the Sasanian Empire
The siege of Edessa occurred in 544 AD during an invasion of the Byzantine Empire ruled by Justinian I by the Sasanian Empire under Khosrow I in the midst of the ongoing Lazic War in the north. The city withstood the fierce siege. Due to the religious nature of the city, some Christian traditions have attributed the result of the conflict to divine intervention.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “King Khosrau I unsuccessfully attacks the Byzantine fortress city of Dara”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Şah I. Hüsrev'in bir Bizans kalesi olan Dara şehrine saldırısı başarısız oldu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page