Byzantine garrison of Antioch

E911633

The Byzantine garrison of Antioch was the imperial military force stationed in the key eastern city of Antioch, tasked with defending it against threats such as the Sasanian Persian invasion of 540.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Byzantine garrison of Antioch canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine military unit ⓘ
garrison ⓘ
associatedConflict Byzantine–Sasanian Wars ⓘ
associatedWith Justinian I ⓘ
cityImportance major administrative center of the Byzantine East ⓘ
one of the largest cities of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
defendedAsset churches and religious institutions of Antioch ⓘ
population of Antioch ⓘ
urban infrastructure of Antioch ⓘ
facedEvent Sasanian sack of Antioch in 540 ⓘ
garrisonedCity Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Roman–Persian frontier ⓘ
involvedIn Sasanian Persian invasion of 540 ⓘ
languageOfCommand Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Antioch ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
operatedIn 6th century ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
opponent Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Persian army ⓘ
partOf Byzantine army ⓘ
eastern field forces of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
primaryFunction deterring Sasanian incursions into Byzantine territory ⓘ
holding Antioch as a forward base against Persia ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Syria ⓘ
religiousContext Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ
role border security ⓘ
defense of Antioch ⓘ
urban defense force ⓘ
stationedAt city walls of Antioch ⓘ
fortifications of Antioch ⓘ
strategicImportance defense of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
protection of a major urban and ecclesiastical center ⓘ
taskedWith defending Antioch against Sasanian Persia ⓘ
defending Antioch against external invasions ⓘ
maintaining imperial control over Antioch ⓘ
protecting key communications and trade routes in northern Syria ⓘ
typeOfForces cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
local levies ⓘ
underAuthorityOf Byzantine emperor ⓘ
magister militum per Orientem ⓘ
linked to: magister militum

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Antioch (540) → combatant → Byzantine garrison of Antioch ⓘ