Military Campaigns of Shapur II in Syria and Mesopotamia
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Was a military campaign by Sassanid King Shapur II against the Roman Empire.
Chronology
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January 335: In 334 the Armenian king was taken prisoner by Sapor II and taken to Persia, forcing the Armenians to invoke the help of Constantine I.
January 337: The son of the Sasanian king, Narses, managed to advance as far as Amida and occupy the Roman city.
February 337: Amida returned under Roman control.
January 338: It seems that during the year (probably shortly after the death of Constantine on May 22), the Armenians revolted against the Sasanid domain, driving them out of their territories.
January 342: Constantius managed to gain the loyalty of the ruler Arsaces II and of the Armenian aristocracy through diplomatic channels as early as 341.
January 360: Battle of Amida.
January 361: In 360 Sapor took the eastern fortresses of Singara and Bezabde.
January 361: Constantius decided that the war against the Sasanians took precedence over Julian's rebellion, and in the spring of 360 he began his own eastern campaign, occupying Edessa.
