Talk:Battle of Ctesiphon (363)

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[edit] Unclear

First section. This makes no sense: "After a number of his first inconclusive campaign, the Persian emperor, in his second campaign against Romans had captured Amida in 359, controlling the headwaters of the Tigris and the entrance to Asia Minor from the east.". --maru (talk) contribs 20:46, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Fixed it, historically the first campaign was a dud and second had success so I translated that into the dialogue. - Patman2648 06:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roman Victory?

I don't see, how this is "Tactical Roman victory", since the roman emperor Julian was killed in the battle, and his successor Emperor Jovian was forced to make peace on unfavourable terms. That doesn't sound like a victory at all!!! Just because they defeated a small portion of persian army, before they get defeated by the main sassanid army, doesn't mean that they were victorious.

Another question, where do those numbers come from? What are the sources? 70 dead, 2500 dead, 60,000, etc... where do these numbers come from?Hajji Piruz 04:24, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Hajji Piruz. Regarding Julian's death, you are probably discussing the Battle of Samarra, which is documented by Wiki as a "decisive Persian victory" after all, five districts were ceded because of the battle and Julian's death in a rear guard attack. However, I suppose the tactical part is that Julian's army, prior to Samarra outmanouevered the Sassanid forces leading to a very stark casualty figure ratio. Regarding the 70 vis-a-vis 2,500. I'm not sure where the source is for that, (its been here longer than I have been on this article page LOL), but if you have sources suggesting otherwise, I would appreciate you changing it. Thanks.--Arsenous Commodore 19:55, 10 June 2007 (UTC)