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Siege of Edessa

Siege of Edessa was a siege conducted in AD 544 at Edessa, in what is now Turkey. It was part of the Lazic War, which ran from AD 541 to AD 562. The recorded result: Byzantine victory; Siege abandoned; Edessanes pay 5 centenaria of gold to the Sasanians.

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FoughtAD 544
WhereEdessa, Turkey37.146N, 38.784E
OutcomeByzantine victory; Siege abandoned; Edessanes pay 5 centenaria of gold to the Sasanians
BelligerentsSasanian Empire; Huns; Lakhmids (not engaged)againstByzantine Empire; Huns
Part ofLazic WarAD 541 to AD 562

Where it sits in the Lazic War

Siege of Petra, AD 541Siege of Edessa, AD 544Siege of Petra, AD 548Siege of Petra, AD 550Battle of the Phasis, AD 550Battle of the Hippus, AD 550Battle of the Tsebelda fortress, AD 550Battle of Archaeopolis, AD 551Yawm Halima, AD 554Siege of Onoguris, AD 555Siege of Phasis, AD 555AD 541AD 555Siege of Edessa, AD 544
11 placed engagements of the Lazic War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateAD 544 (year precision)
PlaceEdessa, Turkey
37.146N, 38.784E
KindSiege, medieval
Commanders
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 9 times between AD 163 and 1920.

In the same war

Elsewhere in AD 544

Siege of Edessa is one of 120 engagements of the 6th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q65007372, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Edessa (544), revision 1381250199, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.