SPEAR Factoids about War

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event: Kawad, King of Persia attacked the City of Amida, slaughtered many people, took captives, and razed the Convent of John Urtaya in the year 502/3 A. Gr. 814 See factoid page

event: The story of Kawad's invasion was related to John of Ephesus years later when he was a white haired man, living in the monastery at Beth Gubrin. See factoid page

event: King Kawad's invasion was devastating and drove many away from the Convent of John Urtaya. The white-haired man fled from Amida. See factoid page

event: Paul was a monk in the Convent of John Urtaya when there were 400 monks residing within its walls, and shortly before King Kawad's invasion of Amida. See factoid page

event: Because King Kawad's invasion destroyed the Convent of John Urtaya, Paul took up residence in Monastery in Orientals in Edessa. See factoid page

event: In 358/9 A. Gr. 670 Nicomedia was overthrown. See factoid page

event: In June 363 Ḥazirān A. Gr. 674 Julian made war against Persia . See factoid page

event: The Huns arrived and threatened Zeʿora, probably in 515. This date is suggested in a footnote by Brooks. See factoid page

event: In July, 395 Tammuz A. Gr. 706 the Huns entered Roman territory . See factoid page

event: Sometime between 519 and 525 Severus of Antioch sent a letter to Didymus on the subject of a barbarian incursion and the persecution of the non-Chalcedonians. See factoid page

event: Sometime between 519 and 525 there was a barbarian incursion into Roman territory. Brooks suggests that this likely refers to the incursion of Al Mundhir. and See factoid page

event: Kavad besieged the city of Amida from 5 November A. D. 502 to 10 February 503 for 97 days beginning on 5 Teshri II A. Gr. 814 See factoid page

event: On 10 February A. D. 503 the 97th day after 5 Teshri II A. Gr. 814 Kavad captured the city of Amida . See factoid page

event: In September A. D. 503 Elul A. Gr. 814 Kavad besieged Edessa but did not capture it. The following factoids deal with closely related events: 8559-420, 8559-421 The following factoids deal with closely related events: 8559-420, 8559-421 See factoid page

event: During the seige of Edessa in September A. D. 503 Elul A. Gr. 814 Kavad burned the House of Mar Sergius and the House of the Confessors . The following factoids deal with closely related events: 8559-420, 8559-421 The following factoids deal with closely related events: 8559-420, 8559-421 See factoid page

event: On 18 December A. D. 531 18 Kānun I A. Gr. 843 the Huns entered Roman territory and plundered as far as the area around Aleppo and Antioch . See factoid page

event: In May 540 Iyār A. Gr. 851 Chosroes broke the peace and invaded Roman territory . He laid waste Shura , Aleppo , and Antioch . The following factoids deal with closely related events: 8559-538, 8559-542 The following factoids deal with closely related events: 8559-538, 8559-542 See factoid page

event: After May 540 Iyār A. Gr. 851 , the great men of the city of Edessa saved the city from Chosroes by paying him two centenaria of gold, after which Chosroes returned to Persia . See factoid page

event: After twenty years, Maro received a vision of the invasion of the Huns. See factoid page

event: The Huns invaded but the monastery was protected and left unharmed because of Maro's prayers. See factoid page

event: Lucius Verus and his brother Commodus conquered the Parthians in 165/6 This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. the fifth year of Lucius's reign . This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. See factoid page

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“Keyword Page for War,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, $nav-base/aggregate/keyword/war.html, 2023-03-23T12:34:32.781-04:00.

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