Sisauranon

Sisauranon
Şirvan, Turkey
Site information
Type	Fortress
Condition	Ruined
Location
Sisauranon Site within modern Turkey
Coordinates	37°06′45″N 41°37′41″E / 37.1126°N 41.62805°E / 37.1126; 41.62805[1]
Site history
Battles/wars	Roman–Persian Wars Siege of Sisauranon (541) Siege of Sisauranon (589) during the war of 572–591

Sisauranon, Sisauronon (Greek: Σισαυράνων), Sisaurana, or Sarbane was a Sasanian fortress city in the province of Arbayistan, located to the east of Nisibis at the edge of the north Syrian plain.^[2] It was situated near the border with the Byzantine Empire.^[2]