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A Sasanian Cameo of Shapur I vanquishing Emperor Valerian, 260 AD
![A Sasanian Cameo of Shapur I vanquishing Emperor Valerian, 260 AD. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Cameo_Shapur_Valerianus_Bab360_CdM_Paris.jpg/1024px-Cameo_Shapur_Valerianus_Bab360_CdM_Paris.jpg)
A larger image of this Sasanian Cameo of Shapur I vanquishing Emperor Valerian.
Description: Cameo of Shapur I vanquishing Emperor Valerian.
Date: 260 AD
Medium: Sardonyx
Current location: Cabinet des Médailles, Paris
Accession number: Babelon 360
Photographer: Marie-Lan Nguyen
A fine cameo showing an equestrian combat of Shapur I and Valerian in which the Roman emperor is seized, according to historical references in Persia,
inscriptions and a relief depicting Shapur's triumph over Valerian in Nagsh-e Rostam carvings, Fars Province, Iran.
A Sassanid Persian Clibanarius in The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome by Phil Barker & Ian Heath, based on the Cameo of Shapur I vanquishing Emperor Valerian
See also: Victory relief of Shapur with the captured Valerian at Naqs-i Rustam, Persia, c.260 AD
Sasanian and Central Asian Plates (and bowls, cups, cameos, plaques, paintings and textiles with similar iconography)
Other Persian Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers