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Encyclopedia > Battle of Nisbis
Battle of Nisbis
Part of the Sassanid-Byzantine wars
Date: 530
Location: Nisbis, southren Turkey
Result: Sassanid victory
Combatants
Sassanid Persians Byzantine Empire
Commanders
Kavadh I, al-Mundhir IV ibn al-Mundhir Belisarius
Strength
Unknown plus an unknown number of Lakhmids Unknown plus an unknown number of Ghassanid Arab allies
Casualties
Unknown Unknown
Iberian War
DaraNisbisCallinicum

The Battle of Nisbis took place between the armies of the Eastern Roman Empire under the command of General Belisarius and Sassanid Persians under Kavadh I in year 530 during the Iberian War. Kavadh I, with the aid of Lakhmids defeated Belisarius's forces resulting into a Sassanid victory after Persian defeat in the previous Battle of Dara. Events September 22 - Pope Boniface II is elected to succeed Pope Felix IV December 15 - Justinian selects a second commission to excerpt and codify the writings of the jurists on Roman Law. ... The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Empire (in Persian: Sasanian) is the name used for the second Persian Empire (226 - 651). ... The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Empire (in Persian: Sasanian) is the name used for the second Persian Empire (226 - 651). ... Byzantine Empire (Greek: Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Kavadh I (449–531), son of Peroz I (457–484), was a Sassanid King from 488 to 531. ... The Lakhmids (Arabic: ) less commonly Muntherids (Arabic: ) were a group of Arab Christians who lived in Southern Iraq, and made al-Hirah which was a fabulous city with many castles and bath-houses and Palm gardens their capital in (266). ... Belisar as a beggar, as depicted in popular legend, in the painting by Jacques-Louis David (1781). ... The Lakhmids (Arabic: ) or Muntherids (Arabic: ) were Arab Christians that lived in Iraq,al-Hirah became their capital in (266 AD). ... The Ghassanids were Arab Christians that emigrated in 250 CE from Yemen to the Hauran, in southern Syria. ... Combatants Eastern Roman Empire Iberia Persian Empire Commanders Belisarius Sittas Gregory Maurice Kavadh I Firouz Azarethes The Iberian War was fought from 526 to 532 between the Eastern Roman Empire and Persian Empire over the country of Iberia // Origin After the Anastasian War, a seven-year truce was agreed on... For other uses, see Dara (disambiguation). ... The Battle of Callinicum took place between the armies of the Eastern Roman Empire under the command of General Belisarius and Persians under Azarethes on April 19, 531 AD. Belisarius had been skirmishing with the Persian forces after the Battle of Dara in an attempt to incite a rout, but... Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered around its capital in Constantinople. ... Belisar as a beggar, as depicted in popular legend, in the painting by Jacques-Louis David (1781). ... The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Empire (in Persian: Sasanian) is the name used for the second Persian Empire (226 - 651). ... Kavadh I (449–531), son of Peroz I (457–484), was a Sassanid King from 488 to 531. ... Events September 22 - Pope Boniface II is elected to succeed Pope Felix IV December 15 - Justinian selects a second commission to excerpt and codify the writings of the jurists on Roman Law. ... Combatants Eastern Roman Empire Iberia Persian Empire Commanders Belisarius Sittas Gregory Maurice Kavadh I Firouz Azarethes The Iberian War was fought from 526 to 532 between the Eastern Roman Empire and Persian Empire over the country of Iberia // Origin After the Anastasian War, a seven-year truce was agreed on... The Lakhmids (Arabic: ) or Muntherids (Arabic: ) were Arab Christians that lived in Iraq,al-Hirah became their capital in (266 AD). ... For other uses, see Dara (disambiguation). ...



 

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