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Headword:
*da/ras
Adler number: delta,68
Translated headword: Daras
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Procopius [writes]: "the Romans' cavalry were leaders of the cavalry which had previously withstood the battle at Daras".
Greek Original:*da/ras: *proko/pios: *(rwmai/wn de\ i(ppei=s h)=san a)/rxontes i(ppe/wn, oi(\ ta\ pro/tera th\n e)s *da/ras ma/xhn dih/negkan.
Note:
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 1.18.6 (web address 1), quoted here from
delta 1009 (q.v.); see Kaldellis (45); cf. also
alpha 3174. The Roman general Belisarius (cf.
beta 233) hastily assembles an army to meet a surprise invasion by the Persian king Kavad (cf.
kappa 1 and PLRE II s.v. Cavades(1)) into
Kommagene (cf.
kappa 1982) in 531 CE. The earlier Battle of Dara between cavalries of the Eastern Roman and Persian Empires took place in June 530 near the fortress city of Daras (Dara, Darai; in northern
Mesopotamia, the modern-day village of Dara, Mardin Province, Turkey; cf. Barrington Atlas map 89 grid C3); see also Bury (82-85).
References:
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. II, (Cambridge 1980)
J.B. Bury, History of the Later Roman Empire, (London 1923)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 October 2003@10:28:20.
Vetted by:William Hutton (cosmetics, set status) on 5 October 2003@02:33:31.
William Hutton (added crosslink) on 5 October 2003@02:36:01.
David Whitehead on 10 November 2005@10:40:43.
Ronald Allen (expanded note, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword, added link) on 12 January 2024@11:48:23.
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