The Year Rome Bowed, Brutal. . . . The Battle of Edessa took place between the armies of the Roman Empire, under the command of Emperor Valerian, and the Sasanian Empire under Shapur I, in Edessa (now the Turkish city of Urfa) in 260. The Roman army was defeated and captured in its entirety by the Sasanian forces; for the first time, a Roman emperor was taken prisoner.[8] . . . Prior to the battle, Shapur I had penetrated several times deeply into Roman territory, conquering and plundering Antio

Saint Theodore of Edessa, Mesopotamia

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