Shapur I260
Shapur I captured Emperor Valerian and a large Roman army near Edessa, producing one of the most humiliating defeats ever suffered by a reigning Roman emperor.
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Shapur I captured Emperor Valerian and a large Roman army near Edessa, producing one of the most humiliating defeats ever suffered by a reigning Roman emperor.
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