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Battle of Daras |
year: 573November 573 |
| The Persians besieged and captured the city of Daras | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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enemy: Sassanid Persians
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location: Daras (Gr: Δαράς), in modern Turkey, near the Syrian borders
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battle type: City Capture |
war: Byzantine-Persian Wars |
modern country:
Turkey |
| ▼ The Byzantines(emperor: Justin II) | ▼ The Enemies | |
| Commander: | Marcian (Nisibis), Sergius, Ioannes | Shah Khosrau I |
| Forces: | Unknown | 23,000 cavalry, 40,000 infantry |
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| Background story: |
| Less than a decade after the 50-year peace treaty of 562, tensions between Byzantium and Persia amounted at all points of intersection between the two empires’ spheres of influence. The war was triggered by pro-Byzantine revolts in areas of the Caucasus under Persian hegemony and also by the denial of the Byzantines to pay the annual tribute. |
The Battle: |
 Ruins of the Byzantine city of Daras |
Noteworthy: |
| The Persians used in Daras the captured Roman ballistae from the abandoned Roman Siege of Nisibis, previously in 573. |
Aftermath: |
| The fall of Daras was the event that caused the madness of emperor Justin II. The city was returned to the Byzantines after the peace treaty of 590. |
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