Battle of Issus (622)

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Battle of Issus (622)
Part of the Roman-Persian Wars
Date 622
Location Issus
Result Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Sassanid Empire
Commanders
Heraclius
Strength
50,000
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Roman-Persian Wars
Carrhae – War of 58–63 – Ctesiphon (165) – Ctesiphon (198) – Nisibis – Resaena – Misiche – Barbalissos – Edessa – Singara – Amida – Ctesiphon (363) – Samarra – Anastasian War – Iberian War – Lazic War – War of 572–591 – Antioch – Jerusalem – Alexandria – Chalcedon – Issus – Sarus – Constantinople – Nineveh

The Battle of Issus, also known as the 'Third Battle of Issus', was the battle fought between the Eastern Roman Emperor (or 'Byzantine Emperor') Heraclius and the Sassanid Empire at the strategic ground near the small riverine town of Issus below the difficult inland mountains in 622, now in the Turkish Province of Hatay. Emperor Heraclius transported his army through the Aegean sea and defeated the Persian army in the battle of Issus.

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