Nikephorian Byzantines versus Sassanids

At the club my Byzantines confronted Mark B's Sassanids.

 Outscouted, the Sassanids knew exactly where the Byzantines where.

 But the Byzantines got in the first hit 

(unit of Sassanid cavalry far left)

 The Byzantines then closed for the kill,

but after the Sassanids survived on a throw of a 1,
a betrayal was announced.

It failed miserably when they threw another 1.

 Turn two and further bow fire saw more damage to the Sassanid cavalry.

 The Elephants made a mess of the legions

but it is not going all the Sassanids' way 

with yet another of their cavalry units getting mauled.

 The battle reaches its climax:

there is an infantry battle next to the vastly diminished elephants 

and then there are two generals stuck in a cavalry battle.

It was a close run thing, 

but the Byzantines triumphed!

Phew!