598:, a settlement about 20 miles from Constantinople. Zabergan wanted to take the Byzantines by surprise and left his camp with 2,000 horsemen, but he was in turn taken by surprise by Belisarius. Upon encountering the Byzantines, the horsemen began to close in on the limited front of veterans but were then attacked by hidden wings of slingers and javelin men. This caused the riders ranks to close and become entangled in a mass. At this point, according to the Byzantine historian
602:, Belisarius used a stratagem to make the Kutrigurs believe that they were facing a sizeable force; he asked local peasants to scatter in the forest and hit the trees to make a lot of dust in order to scare the horses of the Kutrigurs. The unit of Kutrigurs who approached the area panicked and many were killed.
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638:Victor Tonnennensis episcopi. Chronica, c. 560
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27:Part of Byzantine-Kutrigurs war 558–559
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16:Battle of the Byzantine-Kutrigurs War
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170:Justinian I
777:Belisarius
741:Categories
626:References
580:Belisarius
550:Background
544:Belisarius
538:, and the
413:Sisauranon
361:2nd Naples
326:Urviventus
306:1st Naples
289:Gothic War
237:Tricamarum
232:Ad Decimum
209:Callinicum
131:400 killed
99:Belisarius
767:Kutrigurs
690:, p. 367.
677:, p. 327.
606:Aftermath
596:Melantias
578:recalled
532:Kutrigurs
504:Melantias
447:3rd Petra
442:2nd Petra
437:1st Petra
430:Lazic War
396:Volturnus
356:Mucellium
189:Thannuris
86:Kutrigurs
64:Byzantine
49:Melantias
39:March 559
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556:Zabergan
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351:Faventia
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257:Membresa
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44:Location
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386:Taginae
366:Otranto
341:Treviso
336:Ravenna
331:Auximus
321:Urbinus
301:Scardon
267:Cillium
128:Unknown
66:victory
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560:Danube
477:Phasis
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423:Edessa
418:Anglon
346:Verona
242:Mammes
204:Satala
60:Result
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488:Other
277:Marta
724:ISBN
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