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Siege of Dura-Europos

239 CE siege
Event siege Q132674932
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Siege of Dura-Europos

Summary

Siege of Dura-Europos is a siege[1].

Key Facts

  • Siege of Dura-Europos's instance of is recorded as siege[2].
  • Siege of Dura-Europos's instance of is recorded as geographically localized event[3].
  • The location of Siege of Dura-Europos was Dura-Europos[4].
  • Siege of Dura-Europos is part of First Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I[5].
  • Siege of Dura-Europos occurred on April 20, 239[6].
  • Siege of Dura-Europos's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 34.747, 'longitude': 40.73, 'precision': 0.001}[7].
  • Among those involved in Siege of Dura-Europos was Sasanian Empire[8].
  • A participant in Siege of Dura-Europos was Roman Empire[9].
  • Siege of Dura-Europos's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive[10].

Body

When and Where

Siege of Dura-Europos occurred on April 20, 239[6]. It took place at Dura-Europos[4].

Context

Siege of Dura-Europos is part of First Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I[5]. Recorded instance of include siege[2] and geographically localized event[3].

Participants

Recorded participant include Sasanian Empire[8] and Roman Empire[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . The Excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Report of Fourth Season of Work, Oct 1930-March 1931. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . The Excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Report of Fourth Season of Work, Oct 1930-March 1931. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . The Excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Report of Fourth Season of Work, Oct 1930-March 1931. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P625]]: 34°44'49"N, 40°43'48"E, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780981630519; property is not to be used on events (these belong to the location (P276) in"
  2. 9w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → siege, geographically localized event
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Country → Q858
    Part of → First Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34162|batch #34162]]: Siege of Dura-Europos == Syria"
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