Velenus
Velenus (Lat.: Balerus[1] or Belenus[2]) was the king of the Cadusii[3][4][5][6] during the reign of Shapur I.[7]
History[edit]
After the Roman emperor Valerian I, due to betrayal in the battle of Edessa, was captured by the Sassanids,[8][9] the king of the Cadusii Velenus, in his letter to the Sassanian shah Shapur I, wrote: “My auxiliary units sent back by you, safe and sound, I gladly accepted. But with the fact that you took Valerian, the sovereign of sovereigns prisoner, I do not congratulate you very much; I would congratulate you more if you returned him. After all, the Romans are more formidable when they are defeated . Act as befits a prudent person, and let the happiness, which has already deceived many, not inflame you. Valerian has both a son, an emperor, and a grandson, Caesar. And what to say about the whole Roman world, which is wholly rising against you? Valerian and make peace with the Romans, which will be useful to us in view of the Pontic tribes."[10][11]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Classics Pamphlet Collection: Dissertations, Program Publications, Offprints, Etc. on Classical and Archeological Subjects, for the Most Part Published in Germany in the 19th Or Early 20th Century. 1840. p. 3.
- ^ Historiae Augustae scriptores VI. Aelius spartianus. Vulc. Gallicanus. Julius Capitolinus. Trebell. Pollio. Aelius lampridius. Flavius vopiscus. Cum integris notis Isaaci Casauboni, Cl. Salmasii & Jani Gruteri. Cum indicibus locupletissimis rerum... (in Latin). ex officina Hackiana. 1671. p. 182.
- ^ Jones, A. H. M.; Martin, Arnold Hugh Martin; Martindale, J. R.; Morris, J.; Morris, John (1971-03-02). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395. Cambridge University Press. p. 947. ISBN 978-0-521-07233-5.
- ^ Dodgeon, Michael H.; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002-11-01). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363: A Documentary History. Routledge. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-134-96113-9.
- ^ Neue Jahrbücher für Philologie und Paedogogik (in German). B.G. Teubner. 1877. p. 642.
- ^ Kerler, Gerhard (1970). Die Aussenpolitik in der Historia Augusta (in German). R. Habelt. p. 162. ISBN 978-3-7749-1027-0.
- ^ The Journal of Hellenic Studies. Council of the Society. 1988. p. 147.
- ^ Georgius (monachus.); Матвеенко, Вера (2000). Временник Георгия монаха: (Хроника Георгия Амартола) : русский текст, комментарий, указатели (in Russian). Богородский печатник. p. 334. ISBN 978-5-89589-019-6.
- ^ Хачикян, Армен (2004). История Армении: краткий очерк (in Russian). Изд-во. "Филин". p. 38.
- ^ Влателины Рима: биографии римских императоров от Адриана до Диоклетиана (in Russian). Наука. 1992. p. 223. ISBN 978-5-02-009106-1.
- ^ Syme, Sir Ronald (August 1991). Roman Papers: Volume VI. Clarendon Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-19-814494-6.