Perozes
Perozes (Greek: Περόζης, from Middle Persian Pērōz) was the Sassanid Persian general opposing the Byzantines under Belisarius at the Battle of Dara (530).
Perozes | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  Sasanian Empire |
| Service/ | Sasanian army |
| Rank | Astabadh? |
| Battles/wars | Iberian War |
According to the description of the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea, he was "a Persian, whose title was "mirranes" (for thus the Persians designate this office), Perozes by name".[1] Mirranes (Μιρράνης) however probably refers not to an office, but to the House of Mihran, one of the seven great noble clans of the Sassanid Empire.[2] After his defeat at Dara, he was disgraced by the Persian shah Kavadh I. Nothing else is known of his life.[2] He may however be identical to the mirranes who according to Procopius[3] tried to lay siege to Dara during the Anastasian War.[2]
References
Sources
- Martindale, John Robert; Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin; Morris, J., eds. (1992). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume III: A.D. 527–641. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20160-5.
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