Muharebeyi tanımlayan tek kaynak, özellikle seferdeki Roma performansı için eleştirisi olan Roma tarihçisi Prokopius'tur.<ref name=Petersen/> Bununla birlikte, modern kaynaklar bu değerlendirmelere itiraz etmiştir. Muharebedeki kuvvet, silah altına alınan askerlerin çoğunun "yetersizlik" örneği olarak kabul edilir.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Krumbacher |first1=Karl |last2=Marc |first2=Paul |last3=Heisenberg |first3=August |authorlink1=Karl Krumbacher |title=Byzantinische Zeitschrift |date=2005 |publisher=G.G. Teubner |page=70 |language=de}}</ref>
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The force in the battle is considered an example of the "inadequacy" of the many of the recruited soldiers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Krumbacher |first1=Karl |last2=Marc |first2=Paul |last3=Heisenberg |first3=August |authorlink1=Karl Krumbacher |title=Byzantinische Zeitschrift |date=2005 |publisher=G.G. Teubner |page=70 |language=de}}</ref> Others note the lack of coordination between the Roman generals.<ref name=Whitby/> According to [[J. B. Bury]], the historian [[Procopius]] (who was companion of general [[Belisarius]]) has exaggerated the incompetence of the Roman generals in the battle and the severity of their defeat.<ref name=Bury/> Petersen also consider aspects of Procopius' description of the battle—including alleged poor organization and leadership of the force, and Roman soldiers marching in disarray and "mixed in with the baggage terrain"—to be a distorted description of what were actually intentional strategies and tactics.<ref name=Petersen>{{cite book |last1=Petersen |first1=Leif Inge Ree |title=Siege Warfare and Military Organization in the Successor States (400-800 AD): Byzantium, the West and Islam |date=2013 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004254466 |page=530 |language=en}}</ref> Others have emphasized the meticulous ambush by the defenders, describing it as "heroic".<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Sarantis |editor1-first=Alexander |editor2-last=Christie |editor2-first=Neil |editor2-link=Neil Christie |title=War and Warfare in Late Antiquity (2 vols.): Current Perspectives |date=2013 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004252585 |language=en}}</ref>
Anglon is an example of the less common form of defensive fortification in which settlements are outside of the defensive structures; this is sometimes seen in the [[Caucasus]], another example is seen in the [[Siege of Tzacher (557)|siege of Tzacher/Sideroun (557)]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Petersen |first1=Leif Inge Ree |title=Siege Warfare and Military Organization in the Successor States (400-800 AD): Byzantium, the West and Islam |date=2013 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004254466 |page=304 |language=en}}</ref>
