The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶484
The successor of Artaxerxes, Varanes, or Bahram, though he had subdued the Segestans, one of the most warlike nations of Upper Asia, was alarmed at the approach of the Romans, and endeavored to retard their progress by a negotiation of peace.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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