Battle of the Iron Bridge
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The Battle of the Iron Bridge was fought between the Muslim Rashidun army and the Byzantine army in 637 AD. The battle, which the Muslims won, took its name from a nearby nine-arch stone bridge over t
The Orontes River at its passage in Antioch; the battle was fought near this river
Antioch
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Antioch was a city located in northern Syria at the site of modern Antakya, Turkey. Founded in 300 BC, Antioch became one of the most important cities of the ancient eastern Mediterranean. The capital
Battle of the Iron Bridge
…the last battles fought between the Byzantines and Rashidun Caliphate in the province of Syria. In the aftermath of the battle, the province's capital, Antioch, fell, marking the near-complete annexation of the province into the Rashidun Caliphate. The Rashidun army had decisively won the Battle of Yarmouk…
Bust of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of Antioch. Roman found in Herculaneum, now at the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Mosaic of Eros standing on the wings of two Psyches and whipping them on in Hatay Archaeology Museum
Ancient Roman road located in Syria which connected Antioch and Chalcis
This argenteus was struck in the Antioch mint, under Constantius Chlorus.