The siege of Antioch took place when the Sassanids under Shapur I besieged the Roman city of Antioch in 253 after defeating the Romans in the Battle of Barbalissos.
References
== Further reading == Glanville, Downey (1961). A History of Antioch in Syria from Seleucus to the Arab Conquest. 10.8 pp. 252–259, 587
Shayegan, M. Rahim (2004). "Hormozd I". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XII, Fasc. 5. pp. 462–464.