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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Misiche
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| partof = the [[Roman–Persian Wars]]
| image = Gordian III - Palazzo dei Conservatori - Musei Capitolini - Rome 2016 (3).jpg
| caption = Sculpture of [[Gordian III]], commander on the Roman side
| date = Winter of 244
| place = Misiche (later [[Anbar (town)|Peroz Shapur]]), [[Asōristān|Mesopotamia]] (modern Iraq),[[Fars]]
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| result = Sasanian victory<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=Afl-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=battle+of+misiche&source=bl&ots=0uxndK3ncp&sig=X4R-KzyuIQqwJxPFFFqpxP6LujY&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib28rqqIDaAhWQDOwKHVmJAUQQ6AEIZjAI#v=onepage&q=battle%20of%20misiche&f=false/ The Persiians] "Shapur I had to expect a military reaction from the Romans. For them, the loss of these cities warranted a counteroffensive and the emperor Gordian III commanded an army against Shapur I, regaining both Nisibis and Carrhae. But he suffered a major defeat in a battle at Misiche, north of Ctesiphon, in 243."</ref>
*[[Philip the Arab]] paid 500,000 denarii to the Sasanian Empire and cedes Armenia and Mesopotamia to them<ref>Aurelius Victor, ''Liber de Caesaribus'', 27.[http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/victor.caes.html#27 7-8]; Sibylline Oracles, XIII, [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/sib/sib13.htm 13-20]<br/>* Frye (1968), 125; Southern (2001), 235</ref><ref>http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/shapur-i</ref>
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| combatant1 = [[Sasanian Empire]]
| combatant2 = [[Roman Empire]]<br>[[Goths]]<br>[[Germania|Germans]]
| commander1 = [[Shapur I]]
| commander2 = [[Gordian III]] {{KIA}}<br>[[Philip the Arab]]
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| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Roman–Persian Wars}} {{Campaignbox Crisis of the Third Century}}
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The '''Battle of Misiche''' ([[Koine Greek|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Μισιχή}}), '''Mesiche''' ({{lang|grc|Μεσιχή}}), or '''Massice''' ({{lang-pal|𐭬𐭱{{lrm}}𐭩{{lrm}}𐭪{{lrm}}{{lrm}}{{lrm}}{{lrm}}}} mšyk; {{lang-xpr|𐭌{{lrm}}𐭔{{lrm}}𐭉{{lrm}}𐭊{{lrm}}}} mšyk) (dated between January 13 and March 14, 244 <span style="font-size: 10px;">AD.</span><ref name=Potter/>) was fought between the [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanians]] and the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] in Misiche, [[Mesopotamia]].<ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/ad-bsoas-xiv-512-n-6/B054DC5C6581EAFB7F2F663F8E15FBDE</ref>
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