Battles of Barbalissos and Edessa

[Christian]

According to the Sassanids (and Wikipedia), these are battles in which the Sassanid Emperor Shapur ‘destroyed’ two Roman armies that each totalled 70,000 men – so basically two Carrhae level destructions that otherwise get little coverage in Roman records (other than the capture of Valerian and even there the accounts are very sketchy and contradictory).

So any thoughts on which of these two great powers and egos of the ancient world is bending or omitting the truth the most?

PS - I ran a search to see if these have been discussed in another thread but very little came up - but please point me in the right direction is there is one.

Thanks,

Christian