Shapur II
The Sassanid King Shapur II launched a war on Rome and her allies, firstly by persecuting the Christians that lived in Persia and Mesopotamia. Shapur II’s war by capturing these territories began to dealt a severe blow to Roman prestige in the East. In his father’s reign, Shapur II with his army had invaded Armenia; eventually taking Tiridates with members of his family as hostages as they were betrayed to Shapur II by his father’s chamberlain. Tiridates along with members of his family had become Sassanid political prisoners in which his father was blinded and thrown into prison after Shapur II accused his father of collusion with Rome.