Major conflict260 CE

Battle of Edessa

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Near Edessa, Osroene (modern Şanlıurfa, Turkey)

Estimated casualties

0single estimate · no range published

Ancient figures unreliable / no reliable estimate. Notable for the capture of an emperor rather than a casualty count.

SOURCEunrecorded

Shapur I of the Sasanian Empire defeated and captured the Roman emperor Valerian near Edessa, an unprecedented humiliation for Rome. Valerian died in Persian captivity, and the event is commemorated in monumental Sasanian rock reliefs.

Belligerents2

Roman Empire
Sasanian Empire

ON THE MAPRoman Empire (Late)Sassanid Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFRoman–Sasanian wars

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Edessa
Britannica: Shapur I
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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