Nerseh King of Sasanian Empire [60537]

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Narseh (Narses) worsted his brother and rival, Hormizd, and drove Tiridates from Armenia (296).

WAR WITH ROME . A Roman army under Galerius (See 297 ) was defeated near Carrhae and Narseh recaptured Mesopotamia (297). The following year, Galerius returned and crushed the Persians. Narseh surrendered to Rome Mesopotamia and other territories east of the Tigris, the western part of Media was ceded to Armenia, and Iberia became a Roman protectorate. The Romans and Persians then remained at peace for forty years. During the reign of Narseh, the king of Armenia was converted to Christianity.

Ref: The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition
Peter N. Stearns, general editor Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company.


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Narseh (whose name is also sometimes written as Narses or Narseus) was the seventh Sassanid King of Persia (293\endash 302), and son of Shapur I (241\endash 272).


During the rule of his father Shapur I, Narseh had served as the Viceroy of Sistan, Baluchistan and Sindh.

Narseh overthrew the increasingly unpopular Bahram III in 293 with the support of most of the nobility.

Nerseh married.