is rejected by sceptical scholars; Sprengling noted that no evidence exists for such an engagement. The Iranologist Walter Bruno Henning considered the accounts of Odaenathus' attack in 260 greatly exaggerated. Shapur I mentions that he made the Roman prisoners build him the Band-e Kaisar near Susiana, and built a city for those prisoners, which evolved into the current Gundeshapur; Henning cited those arguments as evidence for Shapur I's success in bringing his army and prisoners back home and Roman exaggeration regarding Odaenathus' successes. Sprengling suggested that Shapur I did not have enough troops to garrison the Roman cities he occupied, and he was old and focused on religion and building; hence, Odaenathus merely retook abandoned cities and marched on Ctesiphon to heal Rome's pride, while being careful not to disturb the Persians and their emperor. Other scholars, such as Jacob Neusner, noted that while the accounts of the 260 engagement might be an exaggeration, Odaenathus did become a real threat to Persia when he regained the cities formerly taken by Shapur I and besieged Ctesiphon. The historian Louis Feldman rejected Henning's proposals; and the historian Trevor Bryce concluded that whatever the nature of Odaenathus' campaigns, they led to the restoration of all Roman territories occupied by Shapur IRome was free of Persian threats for several years after Odaenathus' wars. Notes References Citations Sources External links Panoramic pictures of Odaenathus' possible mausoleum (The Funerary Temple nr. 86) Odaenathus' passage in Encyclopædia Britannica |- |- |- 220s births 267 deaths Ancient Roman generals Palmyrene Empire Thirty Tyrants (Roman) Rulers of Palmyra Septimii Arabs in the Roman Empire 3rd-century monarchs in the Middle East People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars 3rd-century Arabs