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
Location	Misiche (later Peroz Shapur), Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)33°21′50″N 43°47′50″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
	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.) was fought between the Sasanians and the Romans in Misiche, Mesopotamia.

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