A chance arrow killed Chorianes, and his army instantly fled.

There was a short struggle at the Persian camp; but the Romans and Lazi captured it.

Most of the Persians were here put to the sword; the few who escaped quitted Lazica and returned to their own country.
Soon afterwards Dagisthseus was superseded by Bessas, and the siege of Petra was recommenced.

The strength of the place had been considerably increased since the former attack upon it.

A new wall of great height and solidity had been built upon a framework of wood in the place which Dagisthaeus had so nearly breached; the Roman mines had been filled up with gravel; arms, offensive and defensive, had been collected in extraordinary abundance; a stock of flour and of salted meat had been laid in sufficient to support the garrison of 3000 men for five years; and a store of vinegar, and of the pulse from which it was made, had likewise been accumulated.