Emperor Valerian, who has taken charge of …
Years: 259 - 259
Emperor Valerian, who has taken charge of the empire's eastern frontiers, rushes to the aid of Doura-Europus, but he cannot remedy the situation.
The city, destroyed in the Persian siege, is abandoned completely.
Later in 259, ...
Locations
People
Groups
- Persian people
- Syria Palæstina, Roman province of (Judea, Samaria, and Idumea)
- Mesopotamia (Roman province)
- Armenia, Kingdom of
- Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
- Roman Empire (Rome): Non-dynastic
- Syrian people
Topics
- Classical antiquity
- Crisis of the Third Century (Roman Civil “War” of 235-84)
- Plague of Cyprian
- Roman Gothic War, Second
- Roman-Persian War of 257-61
