Battle of Dara

Battle of Dara
Part of the Iberian War
Date June 530 CE Location Dara (present-day Mardin Province, southern Turkey) Result Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Ghassanids Heruli Huns	Sasanian Empire Lakhmids Kadiseni
Commanders and leaders
Belisarius Hermogenes Pharas John of Lydia Sunicas Aigan Simmas Ascan al-Harith ibn Jabalah	Perozes Pityaxes Baresmanas †
Strength
25,000 men[1] 10,000 infantry 15,000 cavalry	50,000 men[2] (originally 40,000 men before reinforcements[1])
Casualties and losses
Fewer than 5,000 men	8,000+ men[3]

The Battle of Dara was fought between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanians in 530 AD. It was one of the battles of the Iberian War.

Procopius's account of this engagement is among the most detailed descriptions of a late Roman battle.^[4]