The siege of Amida was a military investment of the Roman fortified frontier city of Amida (modern Diyarbakır, Turkey) by the Sasanian Empire. It took place in AD 359 when the Sasanian army …

The siege of Amida occurred in 502–503, during the Anastasian War. The city was not garrisoned by any troops of the Byzantine Empire but nevertheless resisted for three months before falling …

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Although he is more famous for his account of the Battle of Adrianople, where Emperor Valens was defeated and killed, another interesting portion of his work concerns the siege of Amida, …

9 hours ago · In 359 AD, the Roman fortress of Amida held fast against the might of the Sassanian Persian army, in a gruelling 73-day siege that saw the city’s defenders face …

Among the details of the Persian siege of Amida was the composition of the invading force under Shapur’s overall command. Of particular interest were the different tribal groups …

The Siege of Amida took place when the Sassanids (Persian: ساساني‎), under Shah Shapur II (Persian: شاپور دوم‎) besieged the Roman city of Amida in 359. In this battle Ammianus …

Apr 22, 2019 · It fell forward as if leveled “by an earthquake” and opened up a huge gap in the city’s defenses. Defenders and attackers both poured into the gap to join in hand-to-hand …

In 972, Emperor John Tzimisces turned against the Abbasid Empire and its vassals, beginning with an invasion of Upper Mesopotamia and the Emirate of Mosul, which laid just across the …

The resistance of the Amida people during the three-month siege, the city being taken over by the Sasanians, the subsequent famine, and many other details were recorded by these authors.