The humiliation of Valerian. Captured by the Persian king Shapur I at the Battle of Endessa in 260 AD, he was spared no humiliation and was even used as a stepping-stone when Shapur mounted his horse. Valerian, aka Valerian the Elder. Roman Emperor from 253 to 260 AD. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
The humiliation of Valerian. Captured by the Persian king Shapur I at the Battle of Endessa in 260 AD, he was spared no humiliation and was even used as a stepping-stone when Shapur mounted his horse. Valerian, aka Valerian the Elder. Roman Emperor from 253 to 260 AD. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
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