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Suggestion for the "Sassanid Defensive victory"[edit]
Even though the Anastasian War was a Persian victory in strategic sense, I would dare to suggest an inclusion of "Persian Defensive victory" into the battle box. Certainly, the Byzantines failed to take over both Nisibis and Edessa at the end and later the treaty was signed which the Byzantines agreed to pay tribute to the Sassanid Empire as you wrote in this article , I don't see how its not the Sassanid Victory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.2.42 (talk) 20:05, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
:I think you are misunderstanding the context into which something can be called "decisive". The outcome of the Anastasian war (itself a series of battles) could be called decisive if it would give Persians a definitive long term strategic advantage (ie something more important than this war) over Byzantines. See my comment in the discussion of Battle of Samarra for another crucial mistake in this obsession with decisive victories. Regards,--Dipa1965 (talk) 17:13, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, I misread "defensive". Sorry. But, again, what you asked does not apply. It would be a defensive victory if Byzantines were the ones who attacked first.--Dipa1965 (talk) 22:37, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
