Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Theodore

brother of Byzantine emperor Heraclius

Theodore is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 610 and AD 634: 4 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (4), Jordan (1), Israel (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,899 km apart end to end, 580 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628 (4), Arab–Byzantine wars (1), Muslim conquest of the Levant (1).

Battle of the LycusSiege of EdessaBattle of AntiochSiege of ConstantinopleBattle of Mu'tahBattle of AjnadaynSiege of EdessaBattle of AntiochSiege of ConstantinopleBattle of Mu'tahBattle of AjnadaynBaghdadAthensAlexandriaAnkaraTel AvivDamascusBeirutYerevanTbilisiThessaloniki500 km36.023N, 33.888E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 610: 1 engagementsAD 613: 1 engagementsAD 626: 2 engagements2 in AD 626AD 629: 1 engagementsAD 634: 1 engagementsAD 610AD 634
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Edessa, AD 610Battle of Antioch, AD 613Siege of Constantinople, AD 626Battle of the Lycus, AD 626Battle of Mu'tah, AD 629Battle of Ajnadayn, AD 634AD 610AD 634
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 610Siege of EdessaEdessa, TurkeyByzantine victory
AD 613Battle of AntiochAntioch, Turkey259 km SWSasanian victory
May AD 626Siege of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Turkey821 km NWByzantine victory
AD 626Battle of the LycusKelkit Brook, Turkey634 km EByzantine victory
AD 629Battle of Mu'tahMu'tah, Jordan1,084 km SByzantine victory
AD 634Battle of AjnadaynAjnadayn, Israel101 km NWRashidun 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.