The “Night Battle” of Singara: Whose Victory?

• Authors: DMITRIEV Vladimir , Vladimir DMITRIEV Pskov State University Russia [e-mail]
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The so-called “Night Battle” of Singara (344 AD) still remains poorly studied historical event because of discrepancies between the sources. The outcome of the battle is described in them with considerable discrepancies too. The analysis of the sources from the point of view of the “classical theory of war” elaborated by C. Clausewitz, unambiguously demonstrates that the winning side in this battle were Persians.

Keywords

EN

Late Antiquity; Roman Military History; Sasanian Army; Sasanian Warfare

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 65-70

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

DMITRIEV Vladimir

author

Vladimir DMITRIEV Pskov State University Russia [e-mail]

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