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Capture of Amida

Name: Capture of Amida – Persia factsheet records
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Persia · Warfare / Rome War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Amida · Warfare / Rome War

Shapur II captures Amida, latter day Diyarbekir in Turkey

Names involved

Shapur II

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