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Often appears with: treaties, truces, and peacemaking · siege of amida · siege and fortification · sapor of persia · parley and attempted surrender · battle and tactics
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King Sapor marches toward Amida with a large army and glittering armor, hoping to frighten the garrison into surrender, but his conspicuous appearance draws arrows and javelins.
ARGUMENT. I. Sapor, while exhorting the citizens of Amida to surrender, is assailed with arrows and javelins by the garrison--And when king Grumbates makes a similar attempt, his son is slain.--II. Amida is blockaded, and within two days is twice assaulted by the Persians.--III. Ursicinus makes a vain proposal to sally out by night, and surprise the besiegers, being resisted by Sabinianus, …