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* {{Cite book |last=Greatrex|first=Geoffrey |title=The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian wars.Part II.363-630AD |publisher=Routledge |year=1991 |isbn=0-415-14687-9 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Greatrex|first=Geoffrey |title=The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian wars.Part II.363-630AD |publisher=Routledge |year=1991 |isbn=0-415-14687-9 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Decker|first= Michael J. |title=The Sasanian empire at War. Persia, Rome and the rise od Islam |publisher= Westholme Publishing, LLC|year=2022 |isbn=978-1-59416-692-1}}
* {{Cite book |last=Decker|first= Michael J. |title=The Sasanian empire at War. Persia, Rome and the rise od Islam |publisher= Westholme Publishing, LLC|year=2022 |isbn=978-1-59416-692-1}}
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Battle between Sasanian and Byzantine armies
The Battle of Elevard is battle between Byzantine army under Germanus command and Sasanian army under Dzuan Veh command. In the result of battle, Byzantine army heavly defeated Sasanian army and killed their commander.
During the first invasion of Byzantium, after the capture of Dara, the army of the Persian commander Dzuan Veh moved into Byzantine Armenia. The Byzantine commander Germanus advanced to his meeting and they met at Elevard (near Yerevan). There was a fierce battle, during which the Persian army was defeated, and the commander died. Due to the battle, the Persian offensive was halted, only a year later the Sassanids would be able to continue their invasion.