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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 8211914, member: 87200&quot;]Update: Actually the Romans defeated Shapur at the Battle of Raesena, marched on Ctesiphon and were defeated in turn by the Persians at the battle of Misiche, in the Anbar province of Iraq where Gordian either died from his wounds or was supplanted by Philip. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Battle is mentioned on the trilingual inscription king Shapur I made at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naqsh-e_Rustam" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naqsh-e_Rustam" rel="nofollow">Naqsh-e Rustam</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>When at first we had become established in the empire, Gordian Caesar assembled from all of the Roman, Goth and German lands a military force and marched on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asorestan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asorestan" rel="nofollow">Asorestan</a> (Mesopotamia) against the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92r%C4%81n%C5%A1ahr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92r%C4%81n%C5%A1ahr" rel="nofollow">Ērānšahr</a></i> (Sasanian Empire) and against us. On the border of Asorestan at Misiche, a great frontal battle occurred. Gordian Caesar was killed and the Roman force was destroyed. And the Romans made Philip Caesar. Then Philip Caesar came to us for terms, and to ransom their lives, gave us 500,000 denars, and became tributary to us. And for this reason we have renamed Misiche <i>Peroz-Shapur</i> [literally &quot;Victorious Shapur&quot;][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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