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Battle of Ctesiphon |
year: 363June 363 |
| Emperor Julian won a battle before the gates but failed to capture Ctesiphon | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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enemy: Sassanid Persians
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location: Ancient Ctesiphon in modern Iraq
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battle type: Siege |
war: Later Roman-Persian Wars |
modern country:
Iraq |
| ▼ The Byzantines(emperor: Julian the Apostate) | ▼ The Enemies | |
| Commander: | Emperor Julian | Merena |
| Forces: | 65,000 | Unknown |
| Losses: | 70 killed | 2,500 killed |
| Background story: |
| On campaign against the Sassanid Shapur II, Emperor Julian advanced down the Euphrates to destroy Pirisabora and Maiozamalcha, then moved east against Ctesiphon, on the Tigris. Ctesiphon was a city founded during the Hellenistic period in the heart of ancient kingdom of Babylon. For a whole millennium it was the capital of the Parthian kingdom of the Arsacids and, later, of the Persian Sassanid Empire. |
The Battle: |
 Ctesiphon |
Aftermath: |
| Though not a big battle, it was a turning point. What followed was the retreat and failure of the Romans, the death of Julian and the strengthening of the Persian empire which became a super-power and a major enemy for Byzantium in the following centuries. |
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