Siege of Dara (573)
id:
siege-of-dara-573-261-17864569
title:
Siege of Dara (573)
text:
The siege of Dara was raised by the Sasanian king Khosrow I in 573 during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591. The fortified city fell after 4 months. The Sasanians cut through a hill to divert the city's water supply, and used captured Roman ballistae from the abandoned Roman Siege of Nisibis (573). The news of the fall of Dara, long a major Byzantine stronghold in Upper Mesopotamia, drove Emperor Justin II insane. Bahram Chobin was commander of the cavalry force in the siege, and was promote
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Dara_(573)
date created:
date modified:
2023-10-24T02:51:37Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q16931414","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16931414"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/DaraFortifications.JPG","width":4320,"height":3240}
fields total:
13
integrity:
14