Battle of Narasara (336)

Battle of Narasara
Part of the Mesopotamian Campaigns of Shapur II
Coin of Constantine I of 335–336 : (obverse) CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, diademed head, draped bust and cuirass facing right; (reverse) VICTORIA CO-NSTANTINI AVG, Victoria advancing left, holding trophy in right hand and palm frond in left, resting on arm; (Christogram)–LXXII // SMAN in exergue.[1]
Date 336 AD Location Narasara, near Amida Result Roman Victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire	Sasanian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Constantius II Hannibalianus	Shapur II Narses †

The Battle of Narasara was one of the first clashes of the war of position between the Sassanid troops of Shapur II and the Roman troops of the eastern limes of Constantius II.