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Invasion of Persia

Name: Invasion of Persia – Roman Empire factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Roman Empire · Warfare / Rome War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

243–363Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

243

Gaius Furius Sabinus Aquila Timesitheus243

Warfare / Rome War

Defeats Shapur I

363

Julian the Apostate5 March 363

Warfare / Rome War

Heads an invasion force of 90,000, never to return alive

Julian the Apostate363

Ctesiphon · Warfare / Rome War

Julian the Apostate reaches the Persian capital Ctesiphon

Names involved

Gaius Furius Sabinus Aquila TimesitheusJulian the Apostate

Provenance

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