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Justinian I
Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 (482-565)
Belisarius
Flavius Belisarius (; ; March 565) was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I. Belisarius was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean territory belonging to the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century prior. He is considered one of the greatest military commanders of Byzantium and in history generally.
Justin I
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 518 to 527 (450-527)
Kavad I
Sasanian King of Kings (488–531)
Battle of Dara
530 battle of the Iberian War
Iberian War
526–532 war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire over the eastern Georgian kingdom of Iberia
Battle of Callinicum
531 battle
Eternal Peace
a peace treaty concluding the Iberian war between Byzantine and Sasanian empires
Sittas
Sittas (; died 538) was a Byzantine military commander during the reign of Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565). During the Iberian War against the Sassanid Empire, Sittas was given command of forces in Armenia, similar to the status of Belisarius in Mesopotamia. He won a victory over the Sassanids at the battle of Satala.
Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man
6th-century king of the Lakhmids
John the Lydian
6th-century Byzantine administrator and antiquarian scholar
Al-Harith ibn Jabalah
King of the Ghassanids from c.528 to 569
Battle of Satala
530 battle
Battle of Thannuris
528 battle fought near Dara in Mesopotamia
Tzath I of Lazica
king of Lazica
Bouzes
Bouzes or Buzes (, fl. 528–556) was an Byzantine (Eastern Roman) general active in the reign of Justinian I () in the wars against the Sassanid Persians.
Hermogenes
Byzantine diplomat, magister officiorum
Pharas the Herulian
commander of Herulian forces (6th c.)
Mihr-Mihroe
Mihr-Mihroe (died 555), in Middle Persian either Mihr-Mihrōē or Mihrmāh-rōy; in Byzantine sources Mermeroes (), was a 6th-century Sasanian general, and one of the leading commanders of the Byzantine–Sassanid Wars of the time.
Sunicas
Sunicas () was a Hun who served in the Byzantine military during the Iberian War, in the early reign of Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565).
Azarethes
Azarethes (), also recorded as Exarath () and Zuraq, was a Sassanid Persian military commander during the Byzantine–Sassanid Wars. His Greek name is possibly a misunderstanding of the honorific title hazaraft.
Bawi
Bawi was a Sasanian military officer from the Ispahbudhan family who was involved in the Anastasian War and the Iberian War between the Sasanian and Byzantine Empire. He is also known as Aspebedes, which is a corruption of the title spahbed.
Perozes
Perozes (, from Middle Persian Pērōz) was the Sasanian Persian general opposing the Byzantines under Belisarius at the Battle of Dara (530).
Martin
Byzantine general
Xerxes
6th-century Sasanian prince
Baresmanas
Baresmanas () was an Sassanian Persian general. He is known only from his participation in the Battle of Dara in 530 against the Byzantines led by Belisarius, recorded by Procopius of Caesarea. In this battle, Baresmanas was the second-in-command of the Persian army under Perozes, and was killed during the fight by Sunicas. According to the account of Procopius, he was one-eyed.
Battle of Mindouos
528 battle of the Iberian War
Domnentiolus
Domnentiolus () was a Byzantine military officer, active in the reign of Justinian I (r. 527–565). He is better known for his service in Sicily during the Gothic War.
Narses
general of Kavadh I and Justinian I