
Shapur Breaks the Romans at Palavina
From D7.12.2, Shapur Fights Rum and Caesar Makes Peace. It illustrates D7.12.2.12–19:
- D7.12.2.12The tabiras and shouts began to roar;Bold Shapur rose within the army’s core.
- D7.12.2.13At karnay and Indian bell, the heavens swayed;The moon was shaken by the din they made.
- D7.12.2.14The tabiras on elephants were bound;Their roar rose up two mil above the ground.
- D7.12.2.15The earth was shaking, dust rose ever higher;The spears of battle glittered bright as fire.
- D7.12.2.16A wise observer gazed upon the fight:“The clouds are raining stars!” he cried outright.
- D7.12.2.17There in the center, Baranush was caught,His heart consumed by grief at what fate brought.
- D7.12.2.18Of Romans, three full thousand men were slainAt Palavina on the reddened plain.
- D7.12.2.19And twice eight hundred more were prisoners made,While grief upon those warriors’ hearts was laid.
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