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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 3435849, member: 80804&quot;]I believe it was Crassus - member of the so-called 1st Triumvirate with J. Caesar and Pompey - who after losing a battle with Persians (or some other Mesopotamian group who supposedly either had molten gold poured in/on him or perhaps the story is garbled and it was his skull which was covered with gold to make a &quot;chalice&quot; for the victor.</p><p>There&#039;s also a fairly good chance that Valerian was simply killed in the battle with the Sasanian Persians in 258 and the whole footstool/tanned skin on wall or as upholstery story was official &quot;spin&quot; to rile-up popular opinion and feelings against the Persian Empire in order to make mounting a follow-up excursion easier to sell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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