Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Martin

Byzantine general

Martin is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 538 and AD 555: 4 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Georgia (2), Italy (1), Turkey (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,312 km apart end to end, 1,104 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Lazic War (3), Gothic War of 535–554 (1).

Siege of AriminumSiege of EdessaSiege of OnogurisSiege of PhasisSiege of AriminumSiege of EdessaSiege of PhasisBaghdadAthensViennaAnkaraAleppoDamascusNaplesTripoliBucharestBudapest1000 km40.603N, 28.514E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 538: 1 engagementsAD 544: 1 engagementsAD 555: 2 engagements2 in AD 555AD 538AD 555
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Ariminum, AD 538Siege of Edessa, AD 544Siege of Onoguris, AD 555Siege of Phasis, AD 555AD 538AD 555
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
February AD 538Siege of AriminumAriminum, ItalyByzantine victory
AD 544Siege of EdessaEdessa, Turkey2,331 km EByzantine victory; Siege abandoned; Edessanes pay 5...
AD 555Siege of OnogurisOnoguris, Georgia750 km NESasanian victory
June AD 555Siege of PhasisPhasis, Georgia231 km WByzantine victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.