Roman deserter guide

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Often appears with: siege of amida · siege and fortification · sapor’s invasion route · conquest, plunder, and captives · bridge of boats over tigris

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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 secondary

Edward Gibbon · Written 1782; revised 1845 (for the later edition context of the modern title page)
Chapter XVI: Conduct Towards The Christians, From Nero To > Chapter XIX: Constantius Sole Emperor.—Part III. (3/9)

Persian forces under Sapor advance toward Syria using a longer route; they besiege and assault Amida (Diarbekir), suffer setbacks from Roman defense, and escalate from assaults and treachery to siege works.

to intemperance, and the wines of Shiraz have triumphed over the law of Mahomet. Brisson de Regno Pers. l. ii. p. 462-472, and Voyages en Perse, tom, iii. p. 90.] The military historian, 54 who was himself despatched to observe the army of the Persians, as they were preparing to construct a bridge of boats over the Tigris, beheld from an eminence the plain of Assyria, as far as the edge of the hori…