Siege of Nisibis (252)

The siege of Nisibis took place when the Sasanians under Shah Shapur I besieged the Roman Empire, Roman city of Nisibis in 252. This marks the beginning of Shapur's I second invasion of the Roman empire which saw the first Sassanid invasion of Syria; the year of the invasion is debated as Shapur's inscription from Naqsh-e Rustam regarding his second campaign against Rome do not mention the city of Nisibis. But Syriac and Arabic sources, mainly the Chronicle of Seert and Al-Tabari, mention that Shapur took Nisibis in his eleventh regnal year; according to the historian David Stone Potter, this regnal year is 252. Another Syriac account, the Liber Caliphorum, from the eighth century, mentions the invasion of the city in 252.

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Sieges involving the Roman Empire, Nisibis 252
Sieges involving the Sasanian Empire, Nisibis 252
Battles of the Roman–Sasanian Wars, Nisibis 252
252, Nisibis 252
250s conflicts, Nisibis 252
250s in the Roman Empire, Nisibis 252
3rd century in Iran, Nisibis 252
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