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Roman soldiers surround and kill 5000 fleeing Persians on one flank during battle at Dara.

Related Conflict :Roman-Persian War of 527-532 AD, Battle of Dara (530)
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Justinian I. Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Persian Army of Cavades I. Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Procopius, History of the Wars (De Bellis) 1.14.51 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Dara/Daras (Anastasioupolis) (Dara/Daras)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 6
    Year :A.D. 530
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :victory
     
    Original Text :καὶ αὐτῶν Ῥωμαῖοι κύκλωσίν τινα ποιησάμενοι πεντακισχιλίους μάλιστα ἔκτειναν.
     
    Translation :And the Romans, having made a circle as it were around them, killed about five thousand.
     
    Edition :Procopius: De Bellis; in: Procopius. History of the Wars, Volume I-V. ed. and transl. H. B. Dewing, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1914-1928.
     
    Remark :context: This occurs after the commander of this flank and his bannerman had been killed, described in: "Sunicas kills a Persian standard-bearer with a spear in battle at Dara." and "Sunicas kills one of the Persian commander Baresmanas, causing fear and flight of the Persian soldiers."
     
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    Created at :2021-11-10 : 12:35:28
    Last changed :2022-03-15 : 11:15:38
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00011342
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00011342