Azarethes

Azarethes

Azarethes was an Eran spahbod (army commander) of the Sassanid dynasty of Persia. After skirmishing with the Byzantine general Belisarius following his victory in the Battle of Dara, he gathered Persian forces and in 531 CE defeated Belisarius in the Battle of Callinicum.


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