Dara

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Byzantine stronghold ancient city fortified city

Dara was a strategically important fortified city in northern Mesopotamia that served as a key Byzantine stronghold against the Sasanian Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Dara canonical 2

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine stronghold ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
fortified city ⓘ
alternativeName Dara-Anastasiopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine–Sasanian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtUnder Emperor Anastasius I NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartApprox c. 505 CE ⓘ
countryDuringByzantinePeriod Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
fortifications ditches ⓘ
gates ⓘ
massive walls ⓘ
towers ⓘ
function border defense center ⓘ
garrison town ⓘ
military base ⓘ
heritage important site for the study of Byzantine–Sasanian frontier defenses ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Dara (530 CE) NERFINISHED ⓘ
major battles between Byzantines and Sasanians ⓘ
laterControl early Islamic Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear border of the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
modern Mardin NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedEmpire Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Roman–Persian frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole frontier fortress against the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
key defensive stronghold on the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
urbanFeatures acropolis ⓘ
churches ⓘ
military installations ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
waterManagement artificial channels ⓘ
cisterns ⓘ
dams ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Dara (530) → place → Dara ⓘ
Khosrow II → seizedCity → Dara ⓘ