Filters:
Group: Georgia within the Russian Empire
People: Abu Nidal
Topic: Edessa, Battle of
Location: Çan Canakkale Turkey

Edessa, Battle of

Years: 260 - 260

The Battle of Edessa take place between the armies of the Roman Empire under the command of Emperor Valerian and Sassanid forces under Shahanshah (King of the Kings) Shapur I in 260.

The Roman army is defeated and captured in its entirety by the Persian forces, including Valerian himself.

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.”

― Aldous Huxley, in Collected Essays (1959)