Siege of Petra

The siege of Petra was fought in 550 AD, between the Byzantines under general Bessas, and the Sasanian Persian garrison of Petra in the buffer state of Lazica. The strategic fortress had previously been held by the Byzantines before it was seized in 541 by the Sasanian king Khosrow I, and his Lazi allies. This conquest gave the Sassanian Empire access to the Black Sea and marked the beginning of the Lazic War. After a failed attempt to recapture Petra in 549, the Byzantine emperor Justinian I sent an army under Bessas to retake the fortress. The Byzantine historian Procopius described the resulting siege in vivid detail.

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550 — 551 Siege of Petra

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541 Siege of Petra

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548 — 549 Siege of Petra

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1784 Battle of Nachishkrevi

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1841 Battle of Gogoreti

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1853 Battle of Shekvetili

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1854 Battle of the Choloki

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1918 Battle of Choloki

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1921 Battle of Batumi

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1490	Principality of Guria		Wikidata
area	region	1902	Gurian Republic		Wikidata
area	region	1919	Republic of Batumi		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	541	Siege of Petra	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	548	Siege of Petra	Byzantine Empire, Lazica, Sasanian Empire, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	550	Siege of Petra	Byzantine Empire, Sasanian Empire, siege, Sabir people	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1784	Battle of Nachishkrevi	Ottoman Empire, battle, Kingdom of Imereti, Principality of Guria	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1841	Battle of Gogoreti	Russian Empire, battle, Gurians	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1853	Battle of Shekvetili	Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1854	Battle of the Choloki	Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Choloki	Ottoman Empire, battle, Transcaucasian Commissariat	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1921	Battle of Batumi	battle, Democratic Republic of Georgia, Government of the Grand National Assembly	Wikidata
site	castle		Losorion Castle	fortress, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		Likhauri Fortress	fortress	Wikidata