Historiae Byzantinae scriptores tres

The flight of the Persians. Great slaughter on both sides. A divine voice to the Romans. The fleeing Persians are besieged on a hill.

V. Stephanus clears himself regarding the Persian fugitives who were not destroyed. A conflict near the camps. The unlucky strategema military maneuver of Cardariganus. He is excluded from Darens with insults. A false rumor in the Roman camp.

VI. A Roman soldier, wounded by four blows, is carried into the camp and dies with a brave spirit. A donative is given to the soldiers. The wounded are sent to nearby cities and fortresses for treatment. A Roman raids Persia.

VII. The Romans ravage Arzanene. The inhabitants hide underground; they are betrayed by captives, searched for by the sound of their footsteps, and brought out. The fortress of Chlomarum. The Romans besiege it. Two Arzanene commanders defect to them; they show them the place for erecting a fortress.

VIII. Cardariganus leads himself against the Romans with a troop unskilled in fighting. Heraclius, going out to scout with his retinue without weapons, escapes danger. Philippicus gathers the scattered soldiers to resist the enemy. The Persian Labertas leads his men to a fortified place. Regarding the middle valley, or trench, between the Romans and the Persians, and their clandestine departure. The Romans desist from the siege of Chlomarum.

IX. Philippicus flees inconsiderately. Fear, tumult, and distress in the camp; the nocturnal and miserable flight of the soldiers. They head for Aphumos; there they mock their fleeing commander with taunts. The Persians pursue them at a slow pace; they shoot at those at the rear. The commander’s litter mule is wounded. Theodorus is accused of neglected guard duty. The commander returns; he rebuilds the fortresses near Izala; he hands the army over to Heraclius; sad, he takes leave of the war.

X. The Tigris River is described. The deeds of the commander Heraclius in Persia to the south. The sending of soldiers into winter quarters. The illness of Philippicus, and the division of the army to harass the Persians again. Matters against the Avars managed successfully and with glory. The Chagan is saved by the benefit of flight.

XI. Comentiolus is reprimanded for violated faith and timidity. A vivid description of Mount Haemus. The passage of the enemy is investigated.