Regional272 CE

Battle of Emessa

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Syria

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Emessa (272), part of the Roman-Palmyran War. Rome defeated Palmyra.

Belligerents2

Rome
Palmyra

ON THE MAPRoman Empire (Late)

Conflict graph

PART OFCrisis of the Third Century

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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