Battle of Dara

Abstract

Each session of the Engineer Captain s Career Course (ECCC) is required to write an article analyzing a historical battle, and the best overall professional article receives the Thomas Jefferson Writing Excellence Award. This article was judged the best article of ECCC 1-09. In the early 6th century A.D., the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire s eastern boundary was continuously tested by the Persian Empire s aggressive expansion and growing influence. Dara was a fortified city and strategically important Byzantine military post that overlooked a major route between Persia and Mesopotamia. At the Battle of Dara in June 530 A.D., 25,000 Byzantine soldiers led by Flavius Belisarius routed a Persian expeditionary force of 50,000. The Byzantine victory substantially weakened Persia s westernmost army, halting Persian efforts to mount an overwhelming offense across the eastern boundary of the Byzantine Empire and leaving Persia s western border region vulnerable to seizure. Persia was therefore forced to negotiate terms for an enduring peace, and the Byzantine Empire s integrity was preserved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA560237

Entities

People

  • Andrew J. Dornstadter

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer School

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Army
  • Boundaries
  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Infantry
  • Information Operations
  • Leadership
  • Maneuvers
  • Personnel Management
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

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  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.