The Roman - Sassanid war of 421-422

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The Roman - Sassanid war of 421-422

The Roman–Sassanid war of 421–422 was a conflict between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sassanids. The casus belli was the persecution of Christians by the Sassanid king Bahram V, which had come as a response to attacks by Christians against Zoroastrian temples; the Christian Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II declared war and obtained some victories, but in the end the two powers agreed to sign a peace on the status quo ante.


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The commander-in-chief of the Roman army was Ardaburius, who, incidentally, came from the Iranian tribe of the Alans. Ardaburius needed to collect many troops for his campaign. Theodosius, therefore, allowed some Pannonian Ostrogoths to settle in Thracia, to defend the province from the Huns while the Thracian Roman troops were sent to the East.


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Ardaburius sent Anatolius to Persarmenia, where he joined the rebels, while Ardaburius entered in Persian territory and devastated Arzanene. The general of the Sassanid army, Narses, moved with his troops against Ardaburius, and engaged the Romans in battle, but was defeated and forced to retreat. Narses planned to attack Mesopotamia, a Roman province that had been left unguarded, and moved there, but Ardaburius foresaw his enemy's plan and reached Mesopotamia.


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Ardaburius received reinforcements and put the fortress of Nisibis under siege. Bahram allied with the Lakhmid Arabs of Alamundarus (Al-Mundhir I of Hirah), who, however, were dispersed by the Romans. In the meantime, the King of the Huns, Rua, had attacked the dioceses of Dacia and Thracia and had even menaced Constantinople; at the same time, a large Persian army moved towards Nisibis. To avoid a war on two fronts, Theodosius then recalled Ardaburius back.


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Victorian Steel website http://www.victorian-steel.com Lots more photos in the gallery of this battle

[Youngster]

Very impressive! Something about massed elephants and heavy cavalry...    Thanks for posting,
Cheers
Paul

[JW. Akers]

Nice historical digest but I'm not fond of the "Hollywood" Romans

[nevermore]

THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS GUYS.

[Andrew_McGuire]

Nice historical digest but I'm not fond of the "Hollywood" Romans

I can't comment on the Sassanids, but the Romans have travelled at least 200 years forward in time - a little odd, as they were already fighting the Sassanids in the third century. Either that, or the quartermasters had to really scrape the barrel. We're all guilty of anachronisms, of course, particularly when fielding larger armies, and these at least give the effect of looking like armies rather than a handful of units.

[jambo1]

Looks like it was a cracking game, really looks the part with all the figures. And whats not to like with massed elephants!!

[Andrew_McGuire]

Looks like it was a cracking game, really looks the part with all the figures. And whats not to like with massed elephants!!

A splendid spectacle, certainly, but you might spare a thought for the poor sod   who has to clean up after them...

[jambo1]

A splendid spectacle, certainly, but you might spare a thought for the poor sod   who has to clean up after them...

  yes indeed!!!

[Andrew_McGuire]

The hazards of battlefield hygiene and clean-up is a very under-represented aspect of history in wargaming circles, to my mind. Here is one honourable exception:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1163

Fortunately sculpting the accessory in question is within the capabilities of the least talented among us.

[nevermore]

Thanks guys, some pretty funny comments what put a smile on my face and thats what life is all about, seeing the funny side of things, didn't take to long to paint both armies up, more like speed painting to just get the ranks on the tabletop, was a cracking game, so much fun we gamed it four times swapping sides and of course getting beaten 4-0 just shows what a crap commanders we have at the place .... but funny 

[dhtandco]

Even more stupid was the fact we used the Early Romans and left the late Roman force in the box.We haveloads of each so mea culpa for setting up the wrong ones