Talk:Battle of Nisibis (530)

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Could the authors of the (stub) article please provide a source, proving that this battle actually took place? The main source on the byzantine-sassanid wars doesn't give ANY information about a battle of Nisibis between the battles of Dara and Callinicum, but a battle of Satala --139.11.6.203 14:40, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

cf.

• Procopius bellum Persicum XIV to XVIII
• Greatrex, Geoffrey: Rome and Persia at War 502-532, Leeds 1998.