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    The Battle of Samarra took place in June 363, during the invasion of the Sasanian Empire by the Roman Emperor Julian. After marching his army to the gates...
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    The Battle of Ctesiphon took place on 29 May 363 between the armies of Roman Emperor Julian and an army of the Sasanian Empire (during Shapur II's reign)...
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    Persians. June 26 – Battle of Samarra: Julian is mortally wounded in a skirmish and dies from a wound received during the fighting near Samarra (Iraq). Jovian...
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  • the city. 363, June – Battle of Samarra (363) – Julian fights the Sassanids and is subsequently killed in battle. Though indecisive, the battle leads to...
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    Samarra (Arabic: سَامَرَّاء, Sāmarrāʾ) is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi)...
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    the army's lack of supplies continued to threaten the army, and soon afterwards the emperor Julian was killed at the Battle of Samarra. After defeating...
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  • Siege of Caesarea (260) Battle of Satala (298) Siege of Amida (359) Battle of Ctesiphon (363) Battle of Samarra (363) Battle of Avarayr (451) Battle of Herat...
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    359 Battle of Ctesiphon (363) Battle of Samarra 363 AD Uprising of Syrian Legion 232 AD Palmyrene revolt 272 Battle of Immae Battle of Emesa Battle of Callinicum...
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  • Roman siege of Numantia (Spain) 149-146 BC, Siege of Carthage 108 BC, Battle of the Muthul 46 BC, Battle of Thapsus 363, Battle of Samarra, other skirmishes...
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  • most of his provisions, and was at length convinced that no option remained to him but a retreat. On 26 June 363, during the Battle of Samarra, Julian...
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    June 363, the indecisive Battle of Samarra near Maranga in Mesopotamia, Julian was wounded when the Sassanid army raided his column. In the haste of pursuing...
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  • Merena (category People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars)
    also appeared in the Battle of Maranga. He was among those killed at the subsequent Battle of Samarra, a few hours before the death of the Roman emperor...
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    Jovian (emperor) (category Burials at the Church of the Holy Apostles)
    Julian on the Mesopotamian campaign of the same year against Shapur II, the Sassanid king. At the Battle of Samarra, a small but decisive engagement, Julian...
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  • Surena (4th century) (category House of Suren)
    during the reign of the Sasanian king (shah) Shapur II (r. 309–379). He played an important role in the denial of the Roman invasion in 363 and the peace...
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    Moxoene (category Provinces of the Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity))
    However, none of these fit the geographical and linguistic criteria. In 198, Moxoene was emerged into Corduene. During the Battle of Samarra in 363, Roman soldiers...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...
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    Julian died in March 363, of wounds sustained during the Battle of Samarra. Jovian: 363–364 (Sole emperor). When Julian died in 363, he left no heir, causing...
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     April 27, 363 CE Siege of Pirisabora c. May 29, 363 CE Battle of Ctesiphon c. June 363 CE Battle of Samarra c. 502 – c. 628 CE Byzantine–Sassanid wars c...
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    of Pirisabora Siege of Maiozamalcha Battle of Ctesiphon (363) Battle of Maranga Battle of Samarra Perso-Roman Peace Treaty of 363 Primary sources on the...
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  • retreating Persians. After Julian's death following the Battle of Samarra, Victor and a number of other court officials who had served under Constantius...
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    established on the throne. On 26 June 363, Julian was fatally wounded in the Battle of Samarra against the forces of Shapur II of the Sassanid Empire. He died...
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  • Wasif al-Turki (category Generals of the Abbasid Caliphate)
    861, known as the Anarchy at Samarra. During this period he and his ally Bugha al-Sharabi were often in effective control of affairs in the capital, and...
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    The Abbasid civil war of 865–866, sometimes known as the Fifth Fitna, was an armed conflict during the "Anarchy at Samarra" between the rival caliphs al-Musta'in...
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  • was killed in the Battle of Samarra, during a difficult retreat along the Tigris. With the Roman army stuck on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, Julian's...
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  • 27–29, 363 Siege of Pirisabora May 29, 363 Battle of Ctesiphon June 363 Battle of Samarra c. 240–272 Assur is destroyed by the Sasanian king Shapur I 502–628...
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  • 360s (section 363)
    Persians. June 26 – Battle of Samarra: Julian is mortally wounded in a skirmish and dies from a wound received during the fighting near Samarra (Iraq). Jovian...
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    four consecutive battles: the Battle of Chains, fought in April; the Battle of River, fought in the third week of April; the Battle of Walaja the following...
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    (361–363), at the head of a strong army, advanced to Shapur's capital city of Ctesiphon and defeated a presumably larger Sassanian force at the Battle of Ctesiphon;...
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    Al-Ma'mun (category Abbasid people of the Arab–Byzantine wars)
    to his brother. She was a noted poet, singer, and musician. She died at Samarra in July–August 890, aged ninety-three. Another concubine was Bi'dah, known...
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