Tamsapor

The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus primary

A Roman defector, Antoninus, buys a farm near the Tigris to evade soldiers, crosses at night into Persian territory, and joins secret talks with Tamsapor to aid Sapor’s war plans.

devoted to the interests of his adversary; he conceived the audacious design of crossing over to the Persians with his wife and children, and his whole numerous family of relations. 3. And to elude the observation of the soldiers at their different stations, he bought for a small price a farm in Hiaspis, a district on the banks of the Tigris. And, relying on this pretext, since no one would venture to ask why a land…