08-06-2007, 05:57 PM
Quote:But Nick, that's exactly what Julian was doing! Constantius had already massed troops on the Persian frontier - he was there while Julian was raised to Augustus, for the very reason that Constantius was demanding more and more of Julian's units for that very invasion!
Correct me if I am wrong but all we know is that Constantius was getting ready to attack the Persians - no mention of anything specific like a large scale invasion all the way to Ctesiphon. As Shapur was at the time still attacking the border cities such as Singara (IIRC) it seems likely to me that Constantius' aim would have been to drive Shapur back from these and maybe recapture any lost. This would at least be consistent with Constantius' strategy to date.
However, I'm not with my books at present so as I said I'm willing to be corrected if I'm wrong - and if I am I'd suggest Constantius was a muppet for thinking of doing such a thing :wink:
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