Battle of Resaena

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Battle of Resaena
Part of Roman-Persian Wars
Date 243
Location Resaena, Mesopotamia (Ras al-Ayn, Syria)
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire Sassanid Empire
Commanders
Timesitheus Shapur I
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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 Resaena or Resaina, near Ceylanpinar TR, was fought in 243 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.

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.

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