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{{Short description|Battle between Roman and Sasanian forces (243)}} |
{{Short description|Battle between Roman and Sasanian forces (243)}} |
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conflict=Battle of Resaena |
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partof=[[Roman-Persian Wars]] |
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date=243 |
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place=[[Resaena]], [[Mesopotamia]] ([[Ras al-Ayn, al-Hasakah|Ras al-Ayn]], [[Syria]]) |
| place = [[Resaena]], [[Mesopotamia]] ([[Ras al-Ayn, al-Hasakah|Ras al-Ayn]], [[Syria]]) |
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| result = Roman victory<ref name="Tucker147">''A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East'', ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 147.</ref> |
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combatant1=[[Roman Empire]] |
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combatant2=[[Sasanian Empire]] |
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commander1=[[Gordian III]]<br>[[Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus|Timesitheus]] |
| commander1 = [[Gordian III]]<br>[[Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus|Timesitheus]] |
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| commander2 = [[Shapur I]]<ref name=Late>Elliott, S. (2023). Legacy of rome: How the Roman Empire shaped the modern world. History Press Limited, The.</ref> |
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==Aftermath== |
==Aftermath== |
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Following this victory, the Roman legions recovered Nisibis and [[Singara]], and advanced by way of the [[Khabur (Euphrates)|Khabur]] to the Euphrates, intending to take [[Ctesiphon]]. However, [[Gordian III|Gordian]]'s army was defeated at the [[battle of Misiche]] in 244<ref>Maria Brosius, ''The Persians'', (Routledge, 2006), 144.</ref> and the Roman Emperor was either killed during the battle<ref>''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.</ref> or assassinated afterwards.<ref>Trevor Bryce, ''Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History'', (Oxford University Press, 2014), 265.</ref> |
Following this victory, the Roman legions recovered Nisibis and [[Singara]], and advanced by way of the [[Khabur (Euphrates)|Khabur]] to the Euphrates, intending to take [[Ctesiphon]]. However, [[Gordian III|Gordian]]'s army was defeated at the [[battle of Misiche]] in 244<ref>Maria Brosius, ''The Persians'', (Routledge, 2006), 144.</ref> and the Roman Emperor was either killed during the battle<ref>''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.</ref> or assassinated afterwards.<ref>Trevor Bryce, ''Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History'', (Oxford University Press, 2014), 265.</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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The Battle of Resaena or Resaina, near present-day Ceylanpınar, Turkey, was fought in 243 between the forces of the Roman Empire, led by the Emperor Gordian III and the Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus against the Sasanian Empire's forces during the reign of Shapur I.[1] The Romans were victorious.[1]
Background
[edit]The battle was fought during a campaign ordered by Emperor Gordian III to reoccupy the cities of Hatra, Nisibis,[1] and Carrhae. These territories had been conquered by Shapur and his father, Ardashir I, when the Roman Empire plunged into the Crisis of the Third Century, a conflict among several pretenders to the imperial throne.[1]
Aftermath
[edit]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[3] and the Roman Emperor was either killed during the battle[4] or assassinated afterwards.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 147.
- ^ Elliott, S. (2023). Legacy of rome: How the Roman Empire shaped the modern world. History Press Limited, The.
- ^ 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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