Battle of Resaena

Battle of Resaena
	Part of Roman-Persian Wars
Date	243
Location	Resaena, Mesopotamia (Ras al-Ayn, Syria)
Result	Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire	Sasanian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Gordian III; Timesitheus	Shapur I

The Battle of Resaena or Resaina, near present-day Ceylanpınar, Turkey, was fought in 243 between the forces of the Roman Empire, led by the Emperor Gordian III and the Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus against the Sasanian Empire's forces during the reign of Shapur I.^[1] The Romans were victorious.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 147.
^ Elliott, S. (2023). Legacy of rome: How the Roman Empire shaped the modern world. History Press Limited, The.