 Nyorera kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga, mambo weSasanian Kavadh I akaraira mushandirapamwe wakaguma nehondo paCallinicum. Kunyange zvazvo vaPersia vakakunda, kukunda kwacho kwakanga kuri kuduku, uye hapana nhare yakatorwa, nokudaro kuchiita kuti hondo yacho isapedzisire. Vose vari vaviri Belisarius naAzarethes, maByzantine nemaSasanian mauto makuru kuCallinicum, zvakateerana, vakabviswa nekuda kwekurasikirwa kukuru kwehondo iyi. Mambo Justinian I akabva agadza Sittas kuva strategos aitarisira kumabvazuva. 