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The Battle of Resaena or Resaina, near Ceylanpinar TR, was fought in 243
243

Events*Gordian III defeats Shapur I of Persia in the battle of Resaena....
 between the forces of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, led by Praetorian Prefect
Praetorian prefect

Praetorian prefect was the constant title of a high office in the Roman Empire state that changed fundamentally in nature.The praetorian prefect was commander of the Praetorian Guard until Constantine I abolished the guard in 314....
 Timesitheus
Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus

Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus was a Roman knight who lived in the 3rd century and was the most important advisor to Roman Emperor Gordian III....
, and a Sassanid Empire
Sassanid Empire

The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty is the name of the last pre-Islamic Iranian empire. It was one of the two main powers in Western Asia for a period of more than 400 years....
 army, led by King Shapur I
Shapur I

Shapur I was the second Sassanid King of the Sassanid Empire. The dates of his reign are commonly given as 241 - 272, but it is likely that he also reigned as co-regent prior to his father's death in 241....
. The Romans were victorious.

The battle was fought during a campaign ordered by Emperor Gordian III
Gordian III

Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius , known in English language as Gordian III, was Roman Emperor from 238 to 244. Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana and his father was an unnamed Roman Senator who died before 238....
 to retake the Roman cities of Hatra
Hatra

Hatra is an ancient ruined city in the Ninawa Governorate and al-Jazira, Mesopotamia of Iraq. It is today called al-Hadr, and it stands in the ancient Persian province of Khvarvaran....
, Nisibis
Nisibis

Nusaybin is a city in Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey populated by Kurdish people, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people, Arabs.It is the ancient Mesopotamian city, which Alexander's successors refounded as Antiochia Mygdonia and is mentioned for the first time in Polybius' description of the march of Antiochus I against the Molon...
 and Carrhae. These territories, in fact, had been conquered by Shapur and, before him, by his father King Ardashir I
Ardashir I

Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid dynasty, was ruler of Istakhr , subsequently Fars , and finally "King of Kings of Etymology of Iran" . The dynasty Ardashir founded would rule for four centuries until overthrown by the Rashidun Caliphate in 651....
, when the Roman Empire was plagued with the internal wars between pretenders to the throne.








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The Battle of Resaena or Resaina, near Ceylanpinar TR, was fought in 243
243

Events*Gordian III defeats Shapur I of Persia in the battle of Resaena....
 between the forces of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, led by Praetorian Prefect
Praetorian prefect

Praetorian prefect was the constant title of a high office in the Roman Empire state that changed fundamentally in nature.The praetorian prefect was commander of the Praetorian Guard until Constantine I abolished the guard in 314....
 Timesitheus
Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus

Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus was a Roman knight who lived in the 3rd century and was the most important advisor to Roman Emperor Gordian III....
, and a Sassanid Empire
Sassanid Empire

The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty is the name of the last pre-Islamic Iranian empire. It was one of the two main powers in Western Asia for a period of more than 400 years....
 army, led by King Shapur I
Shapur I

Shapur I was the second Sassanid King of the Sassanid Empire. The dates of his reign are commonly given as 241 - 272, but it is likely that he also reigned as co-regent prior to his father's death in 241....
. The Romans were victorious.

The battle was fought during a campaign ordered by Emperor Gordian III
Gordian III

Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius , known in English language as Gordian III, was Roman Emperor from 238 to 244. Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana and his father was an unnamed Roman Senator who died before 238....
 to retake the Roman cities of Hatra
Hatra

Hatra is an ancient ruined city in the Ninawa Governorate and al-Jazira, Mesopotamia of Iraq. It is today called al-Hadr, and it stands in the ancient Persian province of Khvarvaran....
, Nisibis
Nisibis

Nusaybin is a city in Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey populated by Kurdish people, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people, Arabs.It is the ancient Mesopotamian city, which Alexander's successors refounded as Antiochia Mygdonia and is mentioned for the first time in Polybius' description of the march of Antiochus I against the Molon...
 and Carrhae. These territories, in fact, had been conquered by Shapur and, before him, by his father King Ardashir I
Ardashir I

Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid dynasty, was ruler of Istakhr , subsequently Fars , and finally "King of Kings of Etymology of Iran" . The dynasty Ardashir founded would rule for four centuries until overthrown by the Rashidun Caliphate in 651....
, when the Roman Empire was plagued with the internal wars between pretenders to the throne.