Maogamalcha

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Maogamalcha or Maiozamalcha was a fortress located in Mesopotamia. It was attacked and taken by the Roman Emperor Julian. It appears to have been strongly fortified and well defended. Zosimus evidently alludes to the same place, though he does not mention it by name, and states it was about 90 stadia from Ctesiphon. The fortress of Maogamalcha is described as having sixteen large towers or bastions, the solid walls were made of brick and bitumen. Along the walls was a deep ditch which prevented armies from actually climbing into the fortifications. It was constructed at a distance of eleven miles, in the outskirts far from the capital of Persia. After taking the fortress Emperor Julian ordered for the governor to be burnt alive, on the grounds that he had uttered disrespectful words against Hormisdas.

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Maiozamalcha
human settlement, fortress, Sasanian Empire, Iraq, Iraq, Sasanian Empire, 

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Location: 33.0936, 44.5806, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Battle of Opis ⓘ
    final battle of the Persian conquest of Babylonia
  • Battle of Ctesiphon ⓘ
    165 battle in the Roman-Parthian Wars
  • Battle of Ctesiphon ⓘ
    198 battle fought between the Roman and Parthian empires
  • Battle of Ctesiphon ⓘ
    263 battle between the Sassanid and Palmyrene armies
  • Siege of Maiozamalcha ⓘ
    Roman Siege
  • Battle of Ctesiphon ⓘ
    363 battle
  • Siege of Ctesiphon ⓘ
    629 siege between the forces of Shahrbaraz and Ardashir III, successful
  • Siege of Ctesiphon ⓘ
    637 Arabian Rashidun army captures of the Sassanian capital
  • Battle of al-Mada'in ⓘ
    battle for control of Baghdad in 942
  • Capture of Baghdad ⓘ
    1524 battle
  • Capture of Baghdad (1624) ⓘ
    part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)
  • Siege of Baghdad ⓘ
    part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)
  • Battle of Ctesiphon ⓘ
    battle in 1915 during the First World War
  • Operation Scorch Sword ⓘ
    Islamic Republic of Iran Air Attack on Osirak Nuclear Power Plant, Iraq
  • Operation Opera ⓘ
    Israeli air strike carried out on 7 June 1981, which destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor Osirak
  • Battle of Baghdad ⓘ
    2003 major battle of the Iraq War
  • July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike ⓘ
    series of air-to-ground attacks by a team of two Apache helicopters in Al-Amin al-Thaniyah
  • 2020 Camp Taji attacks ⓘ
    2020 rocket attacks
  • 2021 Baghdad clashes ⓘ
    clashes between Pro-Iran demonstrators and Iraqi police
  • Triangle of Death ⓘ
    region south of Baghdad during the 2003–2011 occupation of Iraq
  • War of the Brothers ⓘ
  • Maogamalcha ⓘ
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    arearegionParthiaWikidata
    arearegion246Parthian EmpireWikidata
    arearegion1958UnknownWikidata
    arearegion1968Ba'athist IraqWikidata
    eventarmed conflict538Battle of OpisbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict165Battle of CtesiphonRoman Empire, Parthian Empire, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict198Battle of CtesiphonRoman Empire, Parthian Empire, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict263Battle of CtesiphonRoman Empire, Sasanian Empire, Palmyra, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict363Siege of MaiozamalchasiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict363Battle of CtesiphonRoman Empire, Sasanian Empire, battle, Kingdom of ArmeniaWikidata
    eventarmed conflict629Siege of CtesiphonsiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict637Siege of CtesiphonsiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict942Battle of al-Mada'inbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1524Capture of Baghdadbattle, Kalhure, Safavid IranWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1624Capture of Baghdad (1624)Ottoman Empire, battle, Safavid IranWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1625Siege of BaghdadOttoman Empire, siege, Safavid IranWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1915Battle of CtesiphonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Ottoman Empire, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1980Operation Scorch Swordbattle, military operationWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1981Operation OperaairstrikeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict2003Battle of BaghdadUnited States, Iraq, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict2007July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrikeairstrikeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict20202020 Camp Taji attacksmissile strikeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict20212021 Baghdad clashesarmed conflictWikidata
    eventwarTriangle of DeathwarWikidata
    eventwar238War of the Brotherscivil warWikidata
    sitefortMaogamalchahuman settlement, fortressWikidata
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