Sack of Jerusalem (614)

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The Sack of Jerusalem in 614 was a major Sasanian Persian capture and devastating plunder of the city during the Byzantine–Sasanian War, marked by widespread destruction and the seizure of the True Cross.

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Label Occurrences
Sack of Jerusalem (614) canonical 1
Sasanian capture of Jerusalem 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
sack ⓘ
siege ⓘ
affects Christian communities in Palestine ⓘ
Jewish communities in Jerusalem and its surroundings ⓘ
associatedWith Emperor Heraclius ⓘ
linked to: Heraclius

Shahanshah Khosrow II ⓘ
linked to: Khosrow II
belligerentCommander Nehemiah ben Hushiel ⓘ
Shahrbaraz ⓘ
chronologyWithin early 7th century ⓘ
combatant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
conflictOf Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 ⓘ
countryInvolved Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
describedIn Byzantine chronicles ⓘ
Syriac chronicles ⓘ
later Christian historiography ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine reconquest of Jerusalem in 629 or 630 ⓘ
Sasanian occupation of Jerusalem ⓘ
hasCasualties enslavement and deportation of Jerusalem inhabitants ⓘ
large number of civilian deaths ⓘ
hasCause Sasanian offensive against Byzantine territories ⓘ
strategic importance of Jerusalem as a religious and political center ⓘ
hasLocation Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
longTermConsequence contribution to regional instability before the early Islamic conquests ⓘ
weakening of Byzantine control in the Levant ⓘ
notableEvent destruction and plunder of Jerusalem ⓘ
massacre and enslavement of inhabitants ⓘ
seizure of the True Cross ⓘ
outcome capture of Jerusalem by Sasanian forces ⓘ
partOf Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 ⓘ
late antique religious conflicts in the Levant ⓘ
pointInTime 614 ⓘ
precededBy Sasanian advances in Syria and Palestine ⓘ
religiousAspect capture of Christian relics ⓘ
impact on Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem ⓘ
temporary end of Byzantine Christian control of Jerusalem ⓘ
result Sasanian victory ⓘ
significantFor Byzantine–Sasanian rivalry in the Near East ⓘ
loss of the True Cross by the Byzantines ⓘ
shift in control of the Holy City ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of Nineveh (627) → relatedEvent → Sack of Jerusalem (614) ⓘ
Sasanian invasion of the Levant → significantEvent → Sasanian capture of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Sack of Jerusalem (614)