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Martin immediately prepared a large force to capture the nearby
Persian fort at Onoguris, expecting an easy victory. According to Agathias, Martin and those behind the assassination of the Lazic king wanted to gain a success which could defuse a volatile situation in case Emperor Justinian I would
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force numbering 3,000, turned against them and routed the pursuers. As both parties reached the
Byzantine line, the main Byzantine force was seized with panic and fled together with their commanders. The Persian garrison then sallied and further contributed to the Byzantines' wavering. As the
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turned the tide of the battle and resulted in an easy victory for the
Sasanians instead. The Byzantines subsequently abandoned their base at Archaeopolis also, which was then destroyed by the Sasanians who now gained momentum.
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Byzantine cavalry fled, the infantry was left behind, and the narrowness of the bridge over the
Catharus River further hampered their flight, many of them being killed in the subsequent stampede.
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The
Persian relief force (or a vanguard?) was caught off-guard and was routed, but soon it became clear that the pursuing force was not the main Byzantine army. So The Persians, an all-
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As the pursuing
Persians reached Archaeopolis, they found the plain abandoned and momentarily demolished the Byzantine fortifications, looted their camp, and returned to the base.
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Usigardus, was sent to ambush the relief force, while the main Byzantine force engaged in the siege. Agathias describes the siege to be "more like a pitched battle".
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628:Sisauranon
576:2nd Naples
541:Urviventus
521:1st Naples
504:Gothic War
452:Tricamarum
447:Ad Decimum
424:Callinicum
185:Nachoragan
175:Dabragezas
70:42°26′30″E
67:42°24′30″N
1001:Lazic War
845:ballistae
841:spaliones
738:Lazic War
719:Melantias
662:3rd Petra
657:2nd Petra
652:1st Petra
645:Lazic War
611:Volturnus
571:Mucellium
404:Thannuris
308:3rd Petra
303:2nd Petra
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286:Lazic War
170:Usigardus
31:Lazic War
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817:Rusticus
790:Onoguris
757:Onoguris
744:and the
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586:2nd Rome
566:Faventia
531:Ariminum
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511:Panormus
487:Sufetula
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49:Location
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