He allowed himself to be surprised in his camp by his active enemy, and suffered a defeat by which he more than lost all the fruits of his former victory.
Most of his army was destroyed; he himself received a wound, and with difficulty escaped by a hasty flight.

Galerius pursued, and, though he did not succeed in taking the monarch himself, made prize of his wives, his sisters, and a number of his children, besides capturing his military chest.

He also took many of the most illustrious Persians prisoners.

How far he followed his flying adversary is uncertain; but it is scarcely probable that he proceeded much southward of the Armenian frontier.

He had to reinstate Tiridates in his dominions, to recover Eastern Mesopotamia, and to lay his laurels at the feet of his colleague and master.