Siege of Dara (573)

Siege of Dara (573) Part of Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 Date 573 Location Dara Result Sasanian victory Belligerents Sasanian Empire Byzantine Empire Commanders and leaders Khosrau I Izadgushasp Fariburz Bahram Chobin

Byzantine–Persian War of 572–591 Sargathon Nisibis Dara Apamea Sebasteia Melitene Constantina Solachon Martyropolis Aras River Blarathon

The Siege of Dara occurred in 573, during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591. The siege lasted 4 months and ended with the city's fall to the Sasanian Persians. The news of the fall of Dara, long a major Byzantine stronghold in Upper Mesopotamia, reportedly drove Emperor Justin II insane.

References

• http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dara-the-name-of-a-parthian-city-and-of-a-byzantine-garrison-town-of-the-sasanian-period
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