
Band-e Kaisar – “Caesar's dam”‎‎ - benbreen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-e_Kaisar
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benbreen
Posted this because I found it fascinating that a Roman-built bridge and dam
was being used as far east as Iran and for as long as the late 19th century.
But on top of the that, the possibility that it was built by Roman soldiers
_under the command of the captured emperor Valerian_ is what really amazed me.
Valerian has gone down in history as the only Roman emperor to be captured in
battle [1] but I didn't realize that his soldiers basically became a civil
engineering corps for the Persian empire.

[1] From Wikipedia: "Eutropius, writing between 364–378 AD, stated that
Valerianus 'was overthrown by Shapur king of Persia, and being soon after made
prisoner, grew old in ignominious slavery among the Parthians.' An early
Christian source, Lactantius, thought to be virulently anti-Persian, thanks to
the occasional persecution of Christians by some Sassanian monarchs,
maintained that for some time prior to his death Valerian was subjected to the
greatest insults by his captors, such as being used as a human footstool by
Shapur when mounting his horse."

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SixSigma
That's interesting. It seems too coincidental that Fallout: New Vegas has
Caesar's Legion fighting over a dam and a character called Valerian.

