Battle of Barbalissos

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Battle of Barbalissos
Part of the Roman-Persian Wars
Date 253
Location Barbalissos, Mesopotamia
Result Sassanid victory
Territorial
changes		 Sassanids capture Antioch and Dura Europos.
Belligerents
Sassanid Persians Roman Empire
Commanders
Shapur I Valerian
Strength
Unknown 70,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
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Roman-Persian Wars
Carrhae – War of 58–63 – Trajan's Parthian campaign – 1st Ctesiphon – 2nd Ctesiphon – Nisibis – Resaena – Misiche – Barbalissos – Edessa – Singara – Amida – 3rd Ctesiphon – Samarra – Anastasian War – Iberian War – Lazic War – War of 572–591 – Antioch – Jerusalem – Alexandria – Chalcedon – Issus – Sarus – Constantinople – Nineveh

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 Romans and Sassanids clashed at Barbalissos. The defeat of this large Roman force lead to the eventual capture of Antioch and Dura Europos in Syria three years later.


[edit] Sources

  • Kaveh Farroukh, Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642
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