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Shapur Breaks the Romans at Palavina

Shapur Breaks the Romans at Palavina

From D7.12.2, Shapur Fights Rum and Caesar Makes Peace. It illustrates D7.12.2.12–19:

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

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