Sack of Jerusalem (614)

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The Sack of Jerusalem in 614 was a major Sasanian Persian capture and devastating plunder of the city during the Byzantine–Sasanian War, marked by widespread destruction and the seizure of the True Cross.

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Sack of Jerusalem (614) canonical 1
Sasanian capture of Jerusalem 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict
sack
siege
affects Christian communities in Palestine
Jewish communities in Jerusalem and its surroundings
associatedWith Emperor Heraclius
linked to: Heraclius

Shahanshah Khosrow II
linked to: Khosrow II
belligerentCommander Nehemiah ben Hushiel
Shahrbaraz
chronologyWithin early 7th century
combatant Byzantine Empire
Sasanian Empire
conflictOf Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
countryInvolved Byzantine Empire
Sasanian Empire
describedIn Byzantine chronicles
Syriac chronicles
later Christian historiography
followedBy Byzantine reconquest of Jerusalem in 629 or 630
Sasanian occupation of Jerusalem
hasCasualties enslavement and deportation of Jerusalem inhabitants
large number of civilian deaths
hasCause Sasanian offensive against Byzantine territories
strategic importance of Jerusalem as a religious and political center
hasLocation Byzantine Palestine
Jerusalem
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
longTermConsequence contribution to regional instability before the early Islamic conquests
weakening of Byzantine control in the Levant
notableEvent destruction and plunder of Jerusalem
massacre and enslavement of inhabitants
seizure of the True Cross
outcome capture of Jerusalem by Sasanian forces
partOf Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
late antique religious conflicts in the Levant
pointInTime 614
precededBy Sasanian advances in Syria and Palestine
religiousAspect capture of Christian relics
impact on Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem
temporary end of Byzantine Christian control of Jerusalem
result Sasanian victory
significantFor Byzantine–Sasanian rivalry in the Near East
loss of the True Cross by the Byzantines
shift in control of the Holy City

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Battle of Nineveh (627) relatedEvent Sack of Jerusalem (614)
Sasanian invasion of the Levant significantEvent Sasanian capture of Jerusalem
linked to: Sack of Jerusalem (614)