Belisarius' invasion of Mesopotamia in 541
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In 541, General Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire led an counter-offensive in Persian territory into Mesopotamia, as part of a counter-offensive against the Persian King Khosrow I's prior invasion of the Roman East in 540.[1]
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Belisarius' invasion of Mesopotamia of 541 | |||||
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Part of the Roman-Persian Wars | |||||
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Byzantine Empire | Sasanian Empire | ||||
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Belisarius | Khosrow I | ||||
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possibly at least 6,000 men (according to Procopius) | possibly more men |
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Belisarius took 6,000 of his best men with hunting equipment with him. to the possibly larger Persian force, it looked like a small hunting party which would later result into baiting the Sasanian army into thinking a larger Roman army was behind the smaller roman force.