Siege of Dara (573)

Siege of Dara (573)
Part of Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591
Date 573 Location Dara Result Sassanid victory
Belligerents
Sassanid Empire	Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Khosrau I

The Siege of Dara occurred in 573, during the Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591. The siege lasted 4 months and ended with the city's fall to the Sassanid Persians. The news of the fall of Dara, long a major Byzantine stronghold in Upper Mesopotamia, reportedly drove Emperor Justin II insane.

References

• http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dara-the-name-of-a-parthian-city-and-of-a-byzantine-garrison-town-of-the-sasanian-period
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