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Narseh of Persia

Narseh, Narses, Narseus king of Persia was son of Shapur I.

He rose as pretender to the throne against his grand-nephew Bahram III in AD 292, and soon became sole king. He attacked the Romans, but after defeating the emperor Galerius near Callinicum[?] on the Euphrates in 296 was completely defeated in 297, and forced to conclude a peace, by which western Mesopotamia and five provinces on the left bank of the upper Tigris were ceded to the Romans and their sovereignty over the kingdom of Armenia was acknowledged.

This peace, concluded in 297, lasted for forty years. Narses died in 303 and was succeeded by his son Hormizd II.

This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.



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