150. The pagan writers lament, the Christian insult, the
misfortunes of Valerian. Their various testimonies are
accurately collected by Tillemont, tom. iii- p. 739, etc- So
little has been preserved of Eastern history before Mahomet,
that the modern Persians are totally ignorant of the victory
of Sapor, an event so glorious to their nation. Bibliotheque
Orientale.