Siege of Chalcedon

Siege of Chalcedon

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Chalcedon
partof=the Roman-Persian Wars
date= 616 [Howard-Johnston (2006), pp. 10, 90]
place=Chalcedon, Asia Minor
result=Sassanid victory
territory=Sassanids capture all of Asia Minor
combatant1=East Roman (Byzantine) Empire
combatant2=Sassanid Empire
commander1=Unknown KIA
commander2=ShahrbarazHoward-Johnston (2006), p. 124]
strength1=61,000
strength2=48,000
casualties1=Heavy
casualties2=Minor

The Siege of Chalcedon (616) the siege in which Khosrau II or Khosrow II (Chosroes II or Xosrov II) lay seige to Chalcedon in asia minor their the Romans had little time to gather a large army however Khosrau had a large and very powerfull army which incuded a boost,variety of a mixture of men incuding mercenary's and elephants,elephants had a majar part in this battle as they ramed through the enemy lines,and allowed the lighter men to slaughter the enemies.

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*cite book |last=Dodgeon |first=Michael H. |coauthors=Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. |title=The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part I, 226–363 AD) |year=2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-415-003423 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zoZIxpQ8A2IC |pages=196-97
*cite book |title=The Cambridge History of Iran |last=Frye |first=R. N. |editor=Yarshater, Ehsan; Bailey, Harold ; |year=1983 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521200929 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ko_RafMSGLkC |chapter=The Political History of Iran under the Sassanids
*cite book |last=Howard-Johnston |first=James |authorlink=James Howard-Johnston |title=East Rome, Sasanian Persia And the End of Antiquity: Historiographical And Historical Studies |year=2006 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |isbn=0-860-78992-6 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1U4rUaLdYnQC


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