Battle of Resaena
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Background
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Aftermath
Following this victory, the Roman legions recovered Nisibis and Singara, and advanced by way of the Khabur to the Euphrates, intending to take Ctesiphon. However, Gordian's army was defeated at the battle of Misiche in 244[2] and the Roman Emperor was either killed during the battle[3] or assassinated afterwards.[4]
Notes
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- ↑ Maria Brosius, The Persians, (Routledge, 2006), 144.
- ↑ The Sasanians, Richard N. Frye, The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337, ed. Alan Bowman, Peter Garnsey, Averil Cameron, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 468.
- ↑ Trevor Bryce, Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History, (Oxford University Press, 2014), 265.
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