Sassanid Empire: The Persian Superpower That Captured a Roman Emperor
In the summer of 260 CE, the Roman Emperor Valerian knelt in the dust of Mesopotamia while a Persian king placed his foot on the emperor’s back and used him as a mounting block to climb onto his horse. It is the most humiliating image in Roman military history — and most people have never...
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