Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Theodore

Prefect of Egypt

Theodore is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 639 and AD 641: 2 battles and 3 sieges, all in present-day Egypt. Taken in date order, the sites lie 412 km apart end to end, 103 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Arab conquest of Egypt (5).

Siege of PelusiumSiege of Babylon FortressBattle of HeliopolisBattle of SebennytosSiege of AlexandriaSiege of PelusiumSiege of Babylon FortressBattle of HeliopolisBattle of SebennytosSiege of AlexandriaBur SaidEl FaiyumIsmaïliaDamanhûrTantaDumyatRashidEl ArishEl DabaEl Alamein200 km30.603N, 31.258E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 639: 1 engagementsAD 640: 2 engagements2 in AD 640AD 641: 2 engagements2 in AD 641AD 639AD 641
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Pelusium, AD 639Siege of Babylon Fortress, AD 640Battle of Heliopolis, AD 640Battle of Sebennytos, AD 641Siege of Alexandria, AD 641AD 639AD 641
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
November AD 639Siege of PelusiumPelusium, EgyptRashidun victory
April AD 640Siege of Babylon FortressBabylon Fortress, Egypt175 km SWMuslim victory
6 July AD 640Battle of HeliopolisHeliopolis, Egypt15 km NERashidun victory
AD 641Battle of SebennytosSamannud, Egypt93 km NByzantine victory
February AD 641Siege of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt129 km WRashidun 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.