War between the Roman Empire and Sassanid …
Years: 502 - 502
War between the Roman Empire and Sassanid Persia erupts in 502, when Anastasius refuses to pay a share for the defense of the Caucasian Gates, a pass through which nomadic tribes often raid Persia and Constantinople.
Kavadh besieges the fortress-city of Amida (modern Turkey).
Locations
People
Groups
- Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
- East, Diocese of the
- Armenia, (East Roman [Byzantine] vassal) Principality of
- Hephthalite Empire
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Leonid dynasty
