The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Nisibis

Also known as Nusaybin, Mesopotamian border city

  • fortress
  • Roman military architecture

A strongly fortified Mesopotamian garrison town marking a Roman limit against Persia. Sieges and cessions make it a symbol of the eastern frontier.

Type
fortress
Style
Roman military architecture
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 32
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    A strongly fortified Mesopotamian garrison town marking a Roman limit against Persia. Sieges and cessions make it a symbol of the eastern frontier.

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