Siege of Edessa (544)

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Siege of Edessa (544)
Date March – April 544 AD Location Edessa, Mesopotamia, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Şanlıurfa, Turkey) 37°09′N 38°48′E / 37.15°N 38.8°E / 37.15; 38.8 Result Siege abandoned; Edessanes pay 5 centenaria of gold to the Sasanians
Belligerents
Sasanian Empire Hunssource needed Lakhmids (not engaged)	Byzantine Empire Hunssource needed
Commanders and leaders
Khosrow I Azarethes Unnamed others	Martinus Peranius Peter
class=notpageimage| Location within West and Central Asia Show map of West and Central Asia Siege of Edessa (544) (Turkey) Show map of Turkey

The siege of Edessa (then known as Justinopolis) occurred in 544 AD during an invasion of the Byzantine Empire ruled by Justinian I by the Sasanian Empire under Khosrow I in the midst of the ongoing Lazic War in the north. The city withstood the fierce siege. Due to the religious nature of the city, some Christian traditions have attributed the result of the conflict to divine intervention.