Draft:Battle of Melitene (576)

Battle of Melitene
	Part of Byzantine-Sasanian War of 572-591
	; Byzantine-Sasanian frontier
Location	Melitene, Byzantine Empire (now Malatya, Turkey)
Result	Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire	Sasanian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Justinian; Cours	Khosrow I (WIA)
Strength
Total: 50,000 soldiers Cours army: 20,000 horseman; Justinian army: 30,000 horseman;	Total: 70,000 — 90,000 soldiers 30,000-40,000 horseman; 40,000-50,000 infantry;
Casualties and losses
unknown, possibly light	35,000 to 45,000 killed

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The Battle of Melitene was a battle in 576 between Byzantine army under Justinuan and Curs cimmand and numerically superior army of Sasanian empire under Khosrow I command. As a result of the three-day battle, the Sassanid King was wounded and retreated, abandoning his army, most of whose soldiers were killed during the retreat.

Background

The forces of the Parties

Battle

Aftermath

Reference

Syvanne, Ilkka (2014). The Battle of Melitene 576 AD.
Greatrex, Geoffrey (1991). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian wars.Part II.363-630AD. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-14687-9.
Decker, Michael J. (2022). The Sasanian empire at War. Persia, Rome and the rise od Islam. Westholme Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-59416-692-1.

Bibliography

Notes