Regional359 CE

Battle of Amida

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Turkey

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Amida (359), part of the Later Persian-Roman Wars. Sassanid Empire defeated Rome. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

Sasanian Empire
Rome

ON THE MAPSassanid EmpireRoman Empire (Late)

Conflict graph

PART OFRoman–Sasanian wars

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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