Battle of Dara

Byzantine Empire Justinian dynasty

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530 Jan 1

Dara, Artuklu/Mardin, Turkey

In 529, the failed negotiations of Justin's successor Justinian prompted a Sassanian expedition of 40,000 men towards Dara. The next year, Belisarius was sent back to the region alongside Hermogenes and an army; Kavadh answered with another 10,000 troops under the general Perozes, who set up camp about five kilometers away at Ammodius. In the near vicinity of Dara.

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