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<p>[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 3370030, member: 80783"]Glas dates Valerian´s capture to July, 260 and concludes that Shapur first took him to Ctesiphon, from where he distributed the captives to their respective final destinations. According to the Arab historian Tabari, Valerian was then brought to Bet Lapat (Gondesabuhr) in the Susiane region, where he and other Romans had to help with the building of the dam at Sustar, which was first called "Veh Antiok Sabuhr" ("The better Antioch of Shapur") and planned as a new home for the inhabitants of the metropolis that had first been destroyed by the Persian king in 253.</p><p>According to Firdausi (author of the persian Book of Kings), Valerian built a bridge over the river Karun which took him three years.</p><p>Glas concludes that Valerian died a natural death in captivity some years after, and that the story of the conservation of his skin was not mere christian propaganda, but must be a historic reality, as it is mentioned in a fragment of Petrus Patricius, who drew his knowledge from Nicomachus Flavianus, as well as by Agathias, and the unknown source of Leo. Malalas tells the same story about Numerian, which must be a confusion with Valerian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 3370030, member: 80783"]Glas dates Valerian´s capture to July, 260 and concludes that Shapur first took him to Ctesiphon, from where he distributed the captives to their respective final destinations. According to the Arab historian Tabari, Valerian was then brought to Bet Lapat (Gondesabuhr) in the Susiane region, where he and other Romans had to help with the building of the dam at Sustar, which was first called "Veh Antiok Sabuhr" ("The better Antioch of Shapur") and planned as a new home for the inhabitants of the metropolis that had first been destroyed by the Persian king in 253. According to Firdausi (author of the persian Book of Kings), Valerian built a bridge over the river Karun which took him three years. Glas concludes that Valerian died a natural death in captivity some years after, and that the story of the conservation of his skin was not mere christian propaganda, but must be a historic reality, as it is mentioned in a fragment of Petrus Patricius, who drew his knowledge from Nicomachus Flavianus, as well as by Agathias, and the unknown source of Leo. Malalas tells the same story about Numerian, which must be a confusion with Valerian.[/QUOTE]
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