Battle of Resaena

Battle of Resaena
Part of Roman-Persian Wars
Date 243 Location Resaena, Mesopotamia (Ras al-Ayn, Syria) Result Roman victory, the Persians were defeated
Belligerents
Roman Empire	Sassanid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Timesitheus	Shapur I

The Battle of Resaena or Resaina, near Ceylanpınar, Turkey, was fought in 243 AD between the forces of the Roman Empire, led by Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus, and a Sassanid Empire army, led by King Shapur I. The Romans were victorious.

Background

The battle was fought during a campaign ordered by Emperor Gordian III to retake the Roman cities of Hatra, Nisibis and Carrhae. These territories, in fact, had been conquered by Shapur and, before him, by his father King Ardashir I, when the Roman Empire was plagued with the internal wars between pretenders to the throne.

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, Gordian's army was halted at Misiche.