ABSTRACT
Chr. 1234 56, 192.29-193.10: At this time Khusro, the Persian king, went up against (p.193) Edessa. And he besieged it for 55 days;61 and when he proved unable to subdue it, he laid waste the whole region, and Sarug (Batnae), as far as the Euphrates. From there he set out and laid siege to Antioch, and subdued it, dismantled it and laid it open; and he took all the treasure of the churches, even the marble tablets which were covering the walls, and brought them back to Persia. And on his way back he came and crossed the Euphrates, and reached Callinicum; and he laid waste Balash (Barbalissus)62 and all the banks of the Euphrates and the region of Callinicum. And he took away the bones of Mar Bacchus and the gold covering the reliquary of Mar Sergius of Rusafa (Sergiopolis) and all the treasure of the church.63 (tr. M. Greatrex)
