Oct 24

Execution of a diplomatic representative of Iran for sitting lower than the Roman general

This piece of history will be completely edited later          On 24 October 91 BC, Aruru Baz, Iran’s representative in the discussions with the Roman empire, who was sentenced to death by the court, was executed in the central circle of Ctesiphon, in public.     He was one of the noblemen of the ‘hundred gate’ city of Damghan, and knew Latin. His crime was that he sat on a chair lower than the chair of Sulla, the Roman general, in a meeting. Mehrdad II, the then king from the Parthian dynasty, considered this behavior of Aruru Baz as encouragement of the Romans towards aggression, and ordered his trial in a court of 5 judges, three of whom were from Damghan, and the court announced him as guilty.     Mehrdad ordered that the permanent mission of Rome in Ctesiphon attends the execution ceremony, in order to nullify the action of Aruru Baz in the eyes of the Romans. Mehrdad II believed that modesty is a virtue but not in political affairs and in mutual discussions with governments, where it can encourage aggression and increase demands.          Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour