Rome’s Darkest Moment – The Capture of Valerian

🎥 Watch more videos on YouTube ►    / @theveteran_tv   In 260 AD, the unthinkable happened. For the first time in history, a Roman emperor was captured alive in battle. In this episode, we follow the legendary campaign of Shapur I, the King of Kings of the Sasanian Empire, as he launches a devastating war against Rome. Discover how: Shapur destroyed a Roman army of 60,000 men at Barbalissos The Persians captured Antioch in a surprise assault The siege of Dura-Europos introduced one of the earliest uses of chemical warfare Roman defenses collapsed across Syria and Mesopotamia Emperor Valerian marched east with a massive army of 70,000 men And finally… at the Battle of Edessa, Shapur achieved the impossible In a decisive and brutal confrontation, the Persian army shattered Roman forces and captured the emperor himself — an event without precedent in Roman history. This episode reveals how the Sasanian Empire became Rome’s greatest rival, and how Shapur I secured his place as one of the greatest conquerors of the ancient world. 👉 In the next episode: The rise of Odaenathus of Palmyra and the counterattack against Persia. Previous videos on the Persian Empire and the Parthian Empire: The Life Of Cyrus The Great:    • The Rise of Persia: From Assyrian Wars to ...   The First Roman-Parthian War:    • Rome vs Parthia: How Two Superpowers Becam...   00:00 Logo motion 00:08 Shapur I’s Second Clash with the Romans at Barbalissos 01:30 The Fall of Antioch 03:55 The Siege of Dura-Europos 06:51 The Resumption of War with the Romans 08:06 The Battle of Edessa 15:32 The Capture of the Roman Emperor 17:13 The Rock Reliefs of Shapur I's Victory 18:37 Conclusion --------------------------------------- sources: The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363: A Documentary History / Samuel N. C. Lieu, Michael H. Dodgeon Ardashir Babakan / Hamidreza Safakesh, Ali Akbar Pour The history of Sasanid Political Changes / Shahram Jalilian L'Iran sous les Sassanides / Arthur Christensen Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire / Touraj Daryaee Sassanian Elite Cavalry / Kaveh Farrokh The Culture and Social Institutions of Ancient Iran / Vladimir G. Lukonin Sasanian Iran 224-651 Ce: Portrait of a Late Antique Empire / Touraj Daryaee ARDAŠĪR I (?-242 A.D.), the founder of the Sasanian empire / Josef Wiesehöfer, Heinz Luschey Tarikh Jame Iran, Volume Two - Kushan Empire / Askar Bahrami The Kushans: The Forgotten Empire / Laleh Farzinfar The History of al-Tabari / al-Tabari History of the Roman Empire: From the Death of Marcus Aurelius to the Accession of Gordian III / Herodian The Shahnameh / Ferdowsi Desert City Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Farya Faraji music: https://faryafaraji.bandcamp.com/music #ShapurI #BattleOfEdessa #Valerian #RomeVsPersia #SasanianEmpire #AncientIran #RomanEmpire #AncientHistory #HistoryDocumentary