Belisarius' invasion of Mesopotamia (541)
| Belisarius' invasion of Mesopotamia of 541 | |||||
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| Part of the Roman-Persian Wars | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Byzantine Empire | Sasanian Empire | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Belisarius | Khosrow I | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| Possibly at least 6,000 men (according to Procopius) | Possibly more men | ||||
In 541, General Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire led a counter-offensive in Persian territory into Mesopotamia, as part of a counter-offensive against the Persian King Khosrow I's prior invasion of the Roman East in 540.
Belisarius took 6,000 of his best men with hunting equipment with him. to the possibly larger Persian force, it looked like a small hunting party which would later result into baiting the Sasanian army into thinking a larger Roman army was behind the smaller Roman force.