Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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In 350, at the height of the conflict waged for over twenty years between Persia and Rome, the city of Nisibis was besieged for the third time. This time, however, the Persians did something different--if the sources can be believed, that is. According to the texts, especially the writings of Emperor Julian, the Persiand built dykes around the city, flooded it, and then launched their navy against the city afloat on an artificial lake, and took the walls.

SOURCES:
Facts & Fictions: The Third Siege of Nisibis, Lightfoot