...the emperor moves to Edessa, but an…

259 CE

...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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Edessa > Sanliurfa > Urfa Sanliurfa Turkey View →

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Shapur I View → Valerian View →

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Persian people View → Syria Palæstina, Roman province of (Judea, Samaria, and Idumea) View → Mesopotamia (Roman province) View → Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid View → Roman Empire (Rome): Non-dynastic View → Syrian people View →

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Classical antiquity View → Crisis of the Third Century (Roman Civil “War” of 235-84) View → Plague of Cyprian View → Roman Gothic War, Second View → Roman-Persian War of 257-61 View →

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Conflict View → Government View →

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