Battle of Apamea (573)

For the 998 battle, see Battle of Apamea.
Battle of Apamea
Part of Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591

Ruins of Apamea
Date573
Location
Apamea, Syria
Result Sasanian victory[1][2][3]
Belligerents
Sasanian Empire Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Adarmahan
    Casualties and losses
    Destruction of Apamea[4]

    The Battle of Apamea or sack of Apamea was a military engagement in 573 during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 When Khosrow I was besieging Dara he sent Adarmahan at the head of an army with 6,000 soldiers[4]to invade the Roman province of Syria. He burned around the city of Antioch[4] and he defeated the Byzantines[2] at the city of Apamea. After he defeated the Byzantines, he sacked Apamea and finally destroyed the city.[4]

    Sources

    • Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C., eds. (2002). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD). New York, New York and London, United Kingdom: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). ISBN 0-415-14687-9.
    • Pirnia, Hasan; Ashtiani, Abbas Iqbal; Babaei, Parviz (2012). History of Persia (in Persian). Negah Publications. ISBN 978-9643513320.
    • Martindale, John Robert; Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin; Morris, J., eds. (1992). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume III: A.D. 527–641. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20160-5.
    • Shahîd, Irfan (1995). Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century. Washington, District of Columbia: Dumbarton Oaks. ISBN 978-0-88402-214-5.

    References

    1. ^ Greatrex & Lieu 2002, pp. 146–149, 150.
    2. ^ a b Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992, p. 806.
    3. ^ Shahîd 1995, p. 358.
    4. ^ a b c d Pirnia, Ashtiani & Babaei 2012, p. 213.

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