Battle of Mindouos

Part of the Iberian War
Battle of Mindouos
Part of the Iberian War
Location
Result Sasanian victory
Belligerents
Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire Sasanian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Belisarius Unknown
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Iberian War
  • Thannuris
  • Mindouos
  • Dara
  • Satala
  • Callinicum
  • Martyropolis

The Battle of Mindouos[2] was fought between the Persians and Byzantines just after the battle of Thannuris (528). Procopius wrongly claimed that the two battles were one.[3] The Byzantine commander Belisarius was ordered to build a fortress at the location.[3] When Persian forces arrived in the area, his forces were routed in a battle on a nearby hill.[3] As Belisarius was promoted shortly afterwards, it is likely that he was not seen as being responsible himself for the defeat.[3] It is possible but unlikely that Belisarius was not the overall commander of the Byzantine army, but a junior partner.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lee, A. D. (15 January 2013). From Rome to Byzantium AD 363 to 565. Edinburgh University Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-7486-6835-9.
  2. ^ Also spelled as Minduon or Minduous.
  3. ^ a b c d e Hughes, Ian (Historian). Belisarius : the last Roman general. Barnsley. ISBN 9781473822979. OCLC 903161296.