Siege of Antioch (253)

Siege of Antioch (253)
	Part of the Roman-Persian wars
	; Map of Antioch in Roman times.
Date	253
Location	Antioch; (modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey)
Result	Sassanid victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire	Sassanid Empire
Commanders and leaders
	Shapur I; Hormizd I
Strength
unknown	unknown

The siege of Antioch took place when the Sassanids under Shapur I besieged the Roman city of Antioch in 253 after defeating the Romans in the Battle of Barbalissos.

References

^ A Companion to Late Antiquity, "In a devastating campaign in AD 253, Shapur ravaged northern Syria, took Hierapolis, managed to penetrate Roman territory as far as Antioch, and captured this third largest city of the Roman empire."