Sep 28

Rome’s proposal to Iran: division of the East between the two governments

Probus      This piece of history will be completely edited later          On 28 September 280 AD, on the threshold of Mehregan festival, Bahram II, the Sassanian king, refused the proposal of Probus, the Roman Emperor, for dividing the East between the two super powers, Iran and Rome, and stressed to the envoy of the Roman Emperor that Rome should curtail its power from Asia and not to overreach the Mediterranean, but added that Iran is prepared to stay in peace with Rome. The Emperor’s envoy had requested a representative to accompany him from Iran to Rome and directly deliver the proposal. Bahram sent the First Secretary of his office to Rome, and consequently a short term peace was established between the two countries.          Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour