07-09-2012, 07:19 PM
Quote:According to the Sassanids (and Wikipedia), these are battles in which the Sassanid Emperor Shapur ‘destroyed’ two Roman armies that each totalled 70,000 men
The Res Gestae Divi Saporis claims the Persians annihilated a 60,000 man Roman force at Barbalissos. A Roman army of 70,000 is mentioned at Edessa but here the RGDS does not in fact claim to have wiped it out (just captured Valerian and others). That's credible considering the Persians faced Roman resistance soon after Edessa but not right after Barbalissos.
Quote:so basically two Carrhae level destructions
Barbalissos seems worse--60,000 lost vs 20,000 dead and 10,000 captured at Carrhae. Edessa was probably comparable.
