Clemency and captivity

The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus primary

Sapor, following Antoninus’s advice, attacks nearby Roman forts, captures treasure, and seizes the wife of Craugasius from Nisibis, while also showing temporary clemency to consecrated virgins.

[96] Doriscus was the town where Xerxes reviewed and counted his army, as is related by Herodotus, vii. 60. [97] "Ammianus has marked the chronology of this year by three signs which do not perfectly coincide with each other, or with the series of the history:--1. The corn was ripe when Sapor invaded Mesopotamia, 'cum jura stipulâ flavente turgerent'--a circumstance which, in the latitude of Aleppo, would naturally …