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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 24718269, member: 10613&quot;]Google </p><p><br /></p><p>The eventual fate of Gordian after the battle is unclear. Sasanian sources claim that a battle occurred (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Misiche" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Misiche" rel="nofollow">Battle of Misiche</a>) near modern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah" rel="nofollow">Fallujah</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" rel="nofollow">Iraq</a>) and resulted in a major Roman defeat and the death of Gordian III.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrosius2006144-26" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrosius2006144-26" rel="nofollow">[26]</a> One view holds that Gordian died at Zaitha, murdered by his frustrated army, while the role of Philip is unknown.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPotter2004234,_236-27" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPotter2004234,_236-27" rel="nofollow">[27]</a> Scholarly analyses suggest the Sasanian version, &quot;while defective[,] is superior&quot; to the Roman one.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2017-28" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2017-28" rel="nofollow">[28]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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