Siege of Antioch (253) explained

Conflict:Siege of Antioch (253)
Partof:the Roman-Persian wars
Date:253
Place:Antioch
(modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey)
Result:Sassanid victory[1]
Combatant1:Roman Empire
Combatant2:Sassanid Empire
Commander2:Shapur IHormizd I
Strength1:unknown
Strength2:unknown

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.

References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ddCAxgZlEdQC&q=siege+of+nisibis+252+sassanian+victory%2F&pg=PT591 A Companion to Late Antiquity

Further reading

Glanville, Downey (1961). A History of Antioch in Syria from Seleucus to the Arab Conquest. 10.8 pp. 252-259, 587