sack of Antioch

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The sack of Antioch in 540 was a devastating plundering and destruction of the Byzantine city by the Sasanian king Khosrow I, resulting in massive loss of life, enslavement, and the city’s near-ruin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military campaign event ⓘ
sack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sack of Antioch by Khosrow I ⓘ
linked to: sack of Antioch

Sasanian sack of Antioch ⓘ
linked to: sack of Antioch
cause Sasanian invasion of Byzantine territory under Khosrow I ⓘ
combatant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
commander Khosrow I ⓘ
conflictIn Byzantine–Sasanian Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
describedIn Procopius of Caesarea’s writings ⓘ
followedBy construction of a new city for Antiochene captives near Ctesiphon ⓘ
follows earlier Sasanian raids into Byzantine territory ⓘ
hasEffect depopulation of Antioch ⓘ
economic decline of the region ⓘ
weakening of Byzantine control in Syria ⓘ
hasLocation Antioch ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Orontes River valley ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
opposingCommander Byzantine local commanders ⓘ
partOf Lazic War ⓘ
Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
perpetrator Khosrow I ⓘ
Sasanian army ⓘ
pointInTime 540 ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
politicalContext Byzantine–Sasanian rivalry for control of the Near East ⓘ
precededBy Sasanian capture of other Syrian cities ⓘ
relatedEvent Siege of Antioch (540) ⓘ
relatedTo reign of Justinian I ⓘ
religiousContext Christian city attacked by Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire ⓘ
result Sasanian victory ⓘ
capture of Antioch by the Sasanians ⓘ
destruction of much of Antioch ⓘ
large-scale enslavement of population ⓘ
massive loss of life ⓘ
near-ruin of the city ⓘ
significance major blow to one of the largest cities of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
symbol of Sasanian military strength under Khosrow I ⓘ
typeOfDestruction burning of buildings ⓘ
enslavement of inhabitants ⓘ
plundering ⓘ
victim inhabitants of Antioch ⓘ

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Siege of Antioch (540) → outcome → sack of Antioch ⓘ
Siege of Antioch (540) → alsoKnownAs → Sack of Antioch (540) ⓘ
linked to: sack of Antioch
Battle of Barbalissos → followedBy → Sasanian sack of Antioch ⓘ
linked to: sack of Antioch
Iberian War of Justinian → notableEvent → Sasanian sack of Antioch (540 is often associated with the later Lazic War, but linked in some narratives to the same strategic contest) ⓘ
linked to: sack of Antioch
Sack of Antioch (540) → alsoKnownAs → Sack of Antioch by Khosrow I ⓘ
subject linked to: sack of Antioch
linked to: sack of Antioch
Sack of Antioch (540) → alsoKnownAs → Sasanian sack of Antioch ⓘ
subject linked to: sack of Antioch
linked to: sack of Antioch