The Byzantine force there had been considerably weakened, with several detachments sent off to capture other forts or plunder the region, and was furthermore unwieldy and not very cohesive, given the many races that served in it.
As forzas bizantinas debilitáronse considerabelmente, con varios destacamentos enviados a capturar outros fortes ou saquear a rexión e, ademais, eran difíciles de controlar e non estaban moi cohesionadas, dados os moitos grupos étnicos que servían na mesma .