Talk:Battle of Barbalissos

The source Shadows in the Desert says the commander was Philip the Arab, not Valerian. The source seems wrong however since Philip was no longer in power, Kaveh Faroukh and the Shapur Kaba Zartusht both state “…Caesar [Phillip] lied again and did wrong to Armenia. We [Shapur and his army] marched against the Roman Empire and annihilated his army of 60,000 men at Barbalissos”.(Shapur Kaba Zartusht) in Appendix 4, 1984).

.216.121.242.162 (talk) 01:17, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Unreliable sources
Erich B Anderson, "Cataphracts: Knights of the Ancient Eastern Empires". Anderson's website states he has a BA in history. DK publishing, "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare". Main contributors appear to be just authors.

Neither source is written by someone with a specialization in this field. --Kansas Bear (talk) 23:36, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

"History" section is problematic, prelude and details on the battle itself are badly missing
Very loosely related material from different epochs plus some irrelevant material like "During the life of Roman empire, many great architectures and historical entertainment places such as the coliseum were made for people and nobles of Rome". No prelude. This is one of the most important battles; it deserves a much better article--Dipa1965 (talk) 08:41, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

I think the article was much better before that edit. Do you agree to revert that edit, or at least, most parts of it?--Dipa1965 (talk) 08:45, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Not to mention that the entire section is very poorly written and contains obvious cultural bias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:6C40:10DE:B060:84D2:A7DF:235D (talk) 18:30, 25 May 2020 (UTC)