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Battle of Barbalissos
Part of the Roman-Persian Wars
Date253
LocationBarbalissos, Mesopotamia
Result Sassanid victory[1]
Belligerents
Sassanid Empire Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Shapur I
Strength
Unknown 60,000[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown


The Battle of Barbalissos was fought between the Sassanid Persians and Romans at Barbalissos. Shapur I used Roman incursions into Armenia as pretext and resumed hostilities with the Romans. The Sassanids attacked a Roman force at Barbalissos and the Roman army was defeated. The defeat of this large Roman force left the Roman east open to attack and lead to the eventual capture of Antioch and Dura Europos three years later. This battle is only known through Shapur's inscription at Naqš-e Rostam.[3]

Sources[]

  • Kaveh Farroukh, Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642
  • David S. Potter, The Roman Empire at Bay
  • Res Gestae Divi Saporis

References[]

  1. Maria Brosius, The Persians, (Routledge, 2006), 145.
  2. Maria Brosius, The Persians, 145.
  3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4197176
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