Battle of Misiche

Battle of Misiche
	Part of the Roman–Persian Wars
	; Peroz-Shapur (Misiche) on the border of Asorestan (Mesopotamia)
Date	Winter of 244 AD
Location	Misiche (later Peroz Shapur), Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)33°21′50″N 43°47′50″E / 33.36389°N 43.79722°E
Result	Sasanian victory; Philip the Arab paid 500,000 denarii to the Sasanian Empire and cedes Armenia and Mesopotamia to them;
Belligerents
Sasanian Empire	Roman Empire; Goths; Germans
Commanders and leaders
Shapur I	Gordian III †; Philip the Arab; Gaius Julius Priscus
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Iraq

The Battle of Misiche (Greek: Μισιχή), Mesiche, or Massice (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭱‎𐭩‎𐭪‎‎‎‎ mšyk; Parthian: 𐭌‎𐭔‎𐭉‎𐭊‎ mšyk) (dated between January 13 and March 14, 244 AD.^[4]) was fought between the Sasanians and the Romans in Misiche, Mesopotamia.^[5]

^ Brosius, Maria (18 April 2006). The Persians. ISBN 9781134359844. "Shapur I had to expect a military reaction from the Romans. For them, the loss of these cities warranted a counteroffensive and the emperor Gordian III commanded an army against Shapur I, regaining both Nisibis and Carrhae. But he suffered a major defeat in a battle at Misiche, north of Ctesiphon, in 243."
^ Aurelius Victor, Liber de Caesaribus, 27."7-8".; Sibylline Oracles, XIII, "13-20".
* Frye (1968), 125; Southern (2001), 235
^ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
^ Cite error: The named reference Potter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Henning, W. B. (June 1953). "Βεσήχανα πόλις: ad BSOAS., XIV, 512, n. 6 | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 15 (2): 392–393. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00111176. S2CID 183942874.

[1] Brosius, Maria (18 April 2006). The Persians. ISBN 9781134359844. "Shapur I had to expect a military reaction from the Romans. For them, the loss of these cities warranted a counteroffensive and the emperor Gordian III commanded an army against Shapur I, regaining both Nisibis and Carrhae. But he suffered a major defeat in a battle at Misiche, north of Ctesiphon, in 243."

[2] Aurelius Victor, Liber de Caesaribus, 27."7-8".; Sibylline Oracles, XIII, "13-20".
* Frye (1968), 125; Southern (2001), 235

[3] "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".

[Potter-4] Cite error: The named reference Potter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] Henning, W. B. (June 1953). "Βεσήχανα πόλις: ad BSOAS., XIV, 512, n. 6 | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 15 (2): 392–393. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00111176. S2CID 183942874.

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