After the
Roman emperorValerian 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]