Keep the nemesis at bay

Keep the nemesis at bay

King Shapur I (right) captures the Roman Emperor Valerian (Persian onyx cameo, 4th century).
AKG / Erich Lessing

During the imperial period, the Roman Empire had only one serious rival in the form of the world power Persia. This constellation led to a special configuration of the border in the Orient.

In the year 1 AD a memorable meeting took place on the Euphrates. Gaius Caesar, grandson of the Roman Emperor Augustus,

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