| Conflict: | Belisarius' invasion of Mesopotamia of 541 |
| Partof: | the Roman-Persian Wars |
| Place: | Mesopotamia |
| Result: | Tactical Byzantine victory
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| Commander1: | Belisarius |
| Commander2: | Khosrow I |
| Combatant1: | Byzantine Empire |
| Combatant2: | Sasanian Empire |
| Strength1: | possibly at least 6,000 men (according to Procopius) |
| Strength2: | 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.[1]
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.https://www.worldhistory.org/Belisarius/