[1] Alexander is styled a taxiarch (Greek: ταξίαρχος) in the accounts of Theophylact Simocatta.
Priscus and the defector started working on a trap to capture Musokios and his forces.
[1] Late one night, Alexander and two hundred soldiers managed to take positions near the banks of the river Paspirion.
The following night, they attacked the boatmen of Musokios, who were reportedly drunk and asleep at the time.
The boats were used to transport Priscus and the main force of the army, an estimated 3,000 men.
The enemies had recently plundered a number of cities in Moesia and were slowed down by the need to transport their loot.
[3] The Byzantine cavalrymen could not approach their enemies without exposing their horses to danger, so Alexander ordered them to dismount and fight as infantry.
The battle was decided when an unnamed Byzantine soldier managed to capture one of the wagons.