Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Shapur I

Battles of Shapur I

second Sassanid emperor (r. 241–272), AD 300 to AD 272

Shapur I is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 224 and AD 263: 5 battles and 8 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Turkey (6), Syria (4), Iraq (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,781 km apart end to end, 398 km between engagements on average.

Siege of NisibisFall of HatraSiege of Dura-EuroposSiege of NisibisSiege of EmesaSiege of AntiochSiege of CaesareaBattle of CtesiphonBattle of HormozdganBattle of ResaenaBattle of BarbalissosSiege of AntiochBattle of EdessaBattle of HormozdganBattle of ResaenaBattle of BarbalissosSiege of AntiochBattle of EdessaBaghdadTel AvivAleppoDamascusBeirutJerusalemNicosiaTabrizMosulAdana500 km35.392N, 42.167E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 224: 1 engagementsAD 235: 1 engagementsAD 240: 1 engagementsAD 243: 1 engagementsAD 250: 1 engagementsAD 252: 2 engagementsAD 253: 2 engagementsAD 260: 3 engagements3 in AD 260AD 263: 1 engagementsAD 224AD 263
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Hormozdgan, AD 224Siege of Nisibis, AD 235Fall of Hatra, AD 240Battle of Resaena, AD 243Siege of Dura-Europos, AD 250Battle of Barbalissos, AD 252Siege of Nisibis, AD 252Siege of Antioch, AD 253Siege of Emesa, AD 253Battle of Edessa, AD 260Siege of Antioch, AD 260Siege of Caesarea, AD 260Battle of Ctesiphon, AD 263AD 224AD 263
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
28 April AD 224Battle of HormozdganShushtar, IranSasanian victory; Fall of the Parthian Empire
AD 235Siege of NisibisNusaybin, Turkey895 km NWSasanian victory
AD 240Fall of HatraHatra, Iraq214 km SESasanian victory
AD 243Battle of ResaenaRhesaina, Syria276 km NWRoman victory
the AD 250sSiege of Dura-EuroposDura-Europos, Syria241 km SSasanian victory
AD 252Battle of BarbalissosBarbalissos, Syria296 km NWSasanian victory
AD 252Siege of NisibisNusaybin, Turkey318 km ESasanian victory
AD 253Siege of AntiochAntioch, Turkey463 km WSasanian victory
AD 253Siege of EmesaEmesa, Syria172 km SDisputed; see § Section
AD 260Battle of EdessaEdessa, Turkey329 km NESasanian victory
AD 260Siege of AntiochAntioch, Turkey259 km SWSasanian victory
AD 260Siege of CaesareaCaesarea of Cappadocia, Turkey288 km NSasanian victory
AD 263Battle of CtesiphonCtesiphon, Iraq1,031 km SESasanian 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, Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.