 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pamamwe mativi, mauto eByzantium akanga achikundawo. VaPezhiya nevavengi vavo vechiArabhu, vaine uto raiva nemabhiza 15 000, vakapindazve munyika dzeByzantium, panguva ino vachishandisa nzira yavakanga vasati vambofamba nayo yainzi Euphratensis. Belisarius akashamiswa uye akanga asina chokwadi kana uku kwakanga kuri kurwisa kwokunyepedzera kana kuti kwechokwadi, saka pakutanga, haana kufamba. Akadana marudzi echiArabhu aiva neukama neRoma kuti amubatsire uye akawana masoja 5 000. Akamanikidza vaPezhiya kuti vadzokere nechinangwa chakanaka asi akaramba achitevera vaPezhiya vakanga vachitiza, zvinonzi nokuti varwi vake vaityisidzira kupanduka kana pasina hondo yakarwiwa. NavaByzantine 20 000 navaArabhu 5 000 akaenda kundorwisa vaPersia, asi akakundwa naCallinicumRaqqa yazvino uno pasinei zvapo neukuru hukuru hwechiverengero, sezvo mutungamiriri anopikisa, Azarethes, akanga ari muiti wezvirongwa akanaka saiye amene. Zvichida Belisarius akatiza hondo yacho isati yapera. Kukundikana uku kwakapedza Justinian mukana wokusaina chibvumirano chokutanga chorugare sezvo shah akawanazve chivimbo muhondo. Nepo hondo yakapfuurira pashure peDara neCallinicum, rufu rwemambo wePersia, Kavad I, nokukurumidza rwakaita kuti pave nechibvumirano chorugare. Shah mutsva, Khosrow, akaona Justinian achida zvikuru kusaina rugare uye akafunga kuti aigona kukurumidza kusvika rugare runofadza, rwakadai sorunonzi rugare rusingaperi rwakafarirwa zvikuru navaPersia. Belisarius akadanwa kuConstantinople ndokupomerwa mhosva yokusakwanisa uye kuva nemhaka yokurasikirwa paThannuris neCallinicum, asi pashure pokuferefeta, mhaka dzaipomerwa dzakabviswa. 