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People: Willem Claeszoon Heda
Topic: Resaena, Battle of
Location: Tyras Odes'ka Oblast Ukraine

Resaena, Battle of

Years: 243 - 243

The Battle of Resaena or Resaina, near Ceylanpınar, Turkey, is fought in 23 between the forces of the Roman Empire, led by Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus, and a Sassanid Empire army, led by King Shapur I.

The Romans are victorious.

“And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.”

― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life (2010)