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NARSES, NARSEH, NARSEUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 241 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NARSES, NARSEH, NARSEUS , See also:king of See also:Persia, son of See also:Shapur I. He See also:rose as pretender to the See also:throne against his See also:grand-See also:nephew Bahram III. in A.D. 292, and soon became See also:sole king. 1-le attacked the See also:Romans, but after defeating the See also:emperor See also:Galerius near Callinicum on the See also:Euphrates in 296 was completely defeated in 297, and forced to conclude a See also:peace, by which western See also:Mesopotamia and five provinces on the See also:left See also:bank of the upper See also:Tigris were ceded to the Romans and their See also:sovereignty over the See also:kingdom of See also:Armenia was acknowledged. This peace, concluded in 297, lasted for See also:forty years. Narses died in 303 and was succeeded by his son See also:Hormizd II. (Ed.

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