Battle of Misiche

Battle of Misiche
Part of the Roman–Persian Wars and Sasanian campaign of Gordian III

Peroz-Shapur (Misiche) on the border of Asorestan (Mesopotamia)
DateWinter of 244 AD
Location
Misiche (later Peroz Shapur), Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)
33°21′50″N 43°47′50″E / 33.36389°N 43.79722°E / 33.36389; 43.79722
Result Sasanian victory
Territorial
changes
Philip the Arab paid 500,000 denarii to the Sasanian Empire and cedes Armenia and Mesopotamia to them
Belligerents
Sasanian Empire Roman Empire
Goths
Germans
Commanders and leaders
Shapur I Emperor Gordian III
Philip the Arab
Gaius Julius Priscus
Location within Iraq

The Battle of Misiche (Greek: Μισιχή), Mesiche, or Massice (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭱𐭩𐭪 mšyk; Parthian: 𐭌𐭔𐭉𐭊 mšyk) (dated between January 13 and March 14, 244 AD.) was fought between the Sasanians and the Romans in Misiche, Mesopotamia.