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Years: 259 - 259
...the emperor moves to Edessa, but an outbreak of plague kills a critical number of legionaries, weakening the Roman position.
Shapur battles the Roman forces under to a standstill, encircling his army.
Desperate, the sixty-six-year-old emperor enters into peace negotiations with Shapur, during operations about which little is known.
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- Persian people
- Syria Palæstina, Roman province of (Judea, Samaria, and Idumea)
- Mesopotamia (Roman province)
- 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
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Years: 259 - 259
Locations
People
Groups
- Persian people
- Syria Palæstina, Roman province of (Judea, Samaria, and Idumea)
- Mesopotamia (Roman province)
- 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
Subjects
Regions
Subregions