# Saburrus

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'''Saburrus''' ({{floruit|663}}) was a [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) military leader of [Persian](/source/Persians) descent who served under Emperor [Constans II](/source/Constans_II) ({{reign}}641–668).{{sfn|Shukurov|2023b|page=137}}{{sfn|Shukurov|2023a|page=205}} He commanded a force of 20,000 soldiers in an operation against the Lombard [Duchy of Benevento](/source/Duchy_of_Benevento), but after suffering defeat at Forino, he retreated to [Naples](/source/Naples).{{sfn|Shukurov|2023b|page=137}} His name appears only in the ''[History of the Lombards](/source/History_of_the_Lombards)'' by [Paul the Deacon](/source/Paul_the_Deacon) and is likely a variation of the Greek names {{lang|grc|Σαπώρης}}, {{lang|grc|Σαβώριος}}, or {{lang|grc|Σαβόριος}}, all of which are derived from the [Middle Persian](/source/Middle_Persian) {{lang|pal-Latn|Shābuhr}}{{emdash}}from which the [New Persian](/source/New_Persian) {{Transliteration|fa|[Shapur](/source/Shapur_(name))}} ({{lang|fa|شاپور}}) originates.{{sfn|Shukurov|2023b|page=137}}

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite journal |last1=Shukurov |first1=Rustam |title=Speaking Persian in Byzantium |journal=Journal of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies |date=2023a |volume=2 |issue=1–2 |pages=202–214 |doi=10.3366/jlaibs.2023.0020}}
* {{cite book |last1=Shukurov |first1=Rustam |title=Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650–1461 |date=2023b|publisher=Routledge|doi=10.4324/9781003205197 |isbn=9781003205197}}

Category:7th-century Byzantine generals
Category:Byzantine people of Iranian descent
Category:7th-century Iranian people

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