Bleschames ( el, Βλησχάμης)
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The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the History of Iran, last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th cen ...
and from 541 the Byzantine Empire
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. He is first mentioned in 541 as the head of the Sasanian garrison of the fortress Sisauranon
Sisauranon, Sisauronon ( gr, Σισαυράνων), Sisaurana, or Sarbane was a Sasanian fortress city in the province of Arbayistan, located to the east of Nisibis at the edge of the north Syrian plain. It was situated near the border with the Byz ...
, where he defected
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to the Byzantine army under Belisarius
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, who sent him and 800 Sasanian cavalrymen to the Byzantine capital of Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
. However, he did not stay there for long, and was sent to Italy
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in order to fight the Ostrogothic Kingdom
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In Italy, the Ostrogoths led by Theodoric the ...
in the Gothic War, while some of his men were sent to fight under Artabazes
Artavasdes is the Hellenized form of the Iranian name . Variant renderings in Greek include (), (), and (); in Armenian (); and in Latin or .
People with this name include:
Persian satraps
* Artabazos I of Phrygia (flourished 5th century BC ...
. Nothing else is known of his life.
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Year of death unknown
People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars
Year of birth unknown
6th-century Iranian people
People of the Gothic War (535–554)
6th-century Byzantine military personnel
Generals of Khosrow I
Byzantine people of Iranian descent
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