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Siege of Antioch (51 BC) 51 BC

Siege of Antioch (51 BC): The Near East in the mid 1st-century BC
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Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Year51 BCWikidata P585 (point in time)
EraAncient (before 500)derived from year
LocationTurkeyNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentAsiaNatural Earth
War / conflictRoman–Parthian WarsWikidata P361
ParticipantsParthian Empire, Roman RepublicWikidata P710
Coordinates36.2045, 36.1813Wikidata P625

About the battle

The siege of Antioch (or battle of Antigonia) was fought 51–50 BC between the Romans and the Parthians, following a raid by the latter against the region of Antioch in Syria.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Antioch (51 BC) (revision 1374481136), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.

Location

36.2045, 36.1813 · Turkey

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