The humiliation of Valerian. Captured by the Persian king Shapur I at the Battle of Endessa in 260 AD, he was spared no humiliation and was even used as a stepping-stone when Shapur mounted his horse. Valerian, aka Valerian the Elder. Roman Emperor from 253 to 260 AD. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

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