 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna 527, kurwisa kweRoma kweNisibis kwakadzoswa kumashure uye kuedza kweRoma kusimbisa nzvimbo dzaiva pedyo nomuganhu kwakakundikana. Muna 530, Kavad akatumira uto raitungamirirwa naPerose kuti rinorwisa guta reDara raiva pamuganhu weRoma. Uto racho rakasangana nomukuru mukuru weRoma Belisarius, uye, kunyange zvazvo rakanga riri guru munhamba, rakakundwa muHondo yeDara. Mugore rimwe chetero, hondo yechipiri yePersia yakatungamirwa naMihr-Mihroe yakakundwa paSatala nemauto eRoma pasi paSittas naDorotheus, asi muna 531 hondo yePersia ichiperekedzwa neLakhmid contingent pasi paAl-Mundhir III vakakunda Belisarius muhondo yeCallinicum, uye muna 532 rugare rusingagumi rwakaitwa. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asingakwanisi kuzvisunungura kubva mujoko revaHeftaliti, Kavad akabudirira kudzorera rugare mukati uye akarwa nokubudirira kukuru neVaRoma vokuMabvazuva, akatanga maguta anoverengeka, mamwe acho akatumidzwa zita rake, uye akatanga kudzora mitero nehurumende yomukati. 