siege, ancient

Siege of Hatra

Name: Siege of Hatra
Location: Hatra, Iraq

Siege of Hatra was a siege conducted in AD 197 at Hatra, in what is now Iraq; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Hatra. It was part of Q11893060. The recorded result: Hatrene-Parthian victory.

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FoughtAD 197ran into the following year

WhereHatra, Iraq35.588N, 42.718E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeHatrene-Parthian victory

BelligerentsParthian Empire; Kingdom of HatraagainstRoman Empire

Part ofQ11893060

Record

Date	AD 197 (year precision) to AD 198
Place	Hatra, Iraq 35.588N, 42.718E
Kind	Siege, ancient

Placed at Hatra; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Ardashir I's Siege of Hatra AD 229, same recorded site
Battle of the Zab AD 750, 72 km NE
Siege of Mosul 1261, 91 km NE
Siege of Mosul 1096, 91 km NE
Siege of Mosul 1743, 94 km N

In the same war

After: Battle of Ctesiphon AD 198

Elsewhere in AD 197

Battle of Lugdunum France
Battle of Wancheng China

Siege of Hatra is one of 32 engagements of the 2nd century in the atlas and one of 173 in present-day Iraq.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q128094297, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Hatra (197–198), revision 1380867923, 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.