Siege of Caesarea Cappadocia (260)
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| Siege of Caesarea (260) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Roman-Persian wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Sassanid Empire | Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Shapur I Hormizd I |
Demosthenes (Roman General) | ||||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown, probably low | Unknown amount of soldiers killed Deportation of 400,000 people |
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The Siege of Caesarea took place when the Sassanids under Shapur I besieged the Roman city of Antioch in 260 after winning over the Romans in the Battle of Edessa.
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Background[edit]
The siege took place during a Sassanid invasion of the Roman east, Caesarea during that time had a large population (about 400,000 inhabitants).
The Siege[edit]
The Sassanids were unable to take the city, and took a Roman as captive and tortured him until he revealed another route they could use. The Sassanids raided Caesarea during the night, killing every Roman soldier.
Aftermath[edit]
According to Percy Sykes, "He[Shapur] captured Caesarea Mazaca, the greatest city in Cappadocia; but probably from lack of a standing army, again made no attempt to organize and administer, or even to retain, his conquests. He merely killed and ravaged with barbarous severity".[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Percy Sykes, A History of Persia, Vol. I, (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969), 402.
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