exceptus ut per aliquot passuum mīlia purpurātus trādātur

ad vehiculum cucurrisse; mox tamen per Īllyricum Moesiamque

contrāctīs cōpiīs rūrsus cum Narseō, Hormisdae et

Sapōris avō, in Armeniā Māiōre pūgnāvit successū ingentī

nec minōre cōnsiliō, simul fortitūdine, quippe quī etiam 15

speculātōris mūnus cum alterō aut tertiō equite suscēperit.[187]

Pulsō Narseō castra ēius dīripuit; uxōrēs, sorōrēs, līberōs

cēpit, īnfīnītam extrīnsecus Persārum nōbilitātem, gazam

Persicam cōpiōsissimam. Ipsum in ultimās rēgnī solitūdinēs

ēgit. Quārē ā Dioclētiānō in Mesopotamiā cum praesidiīs 20