A king with this name died when nobles cut the ropes of a tent he was under, so the tent fell on top of him. An earlier king with this name was literally crowned while in the womb of his Jewish mother. A king with this name spent much of his reign trying to curry favor with Pap, or Papas. A king with this name executed the bishop Shimun Bar Sabbae and other Christians when they refused to pay a double tax to finance a war. The second king with this name extracted a humiliating peace treaty from Jovian after Julian the Apostate died in a battle where he beat this king. A king with this name built a namesake city on the road between Estakhr and (*) Ctesiphon. Mani of Manichaeism fame was a scholar in the court of a king with this name. The best-known king with this name collected a huge indemnity from Philip the Arab and won the Battle of E
A king with this name died when nobles cut the ropes of a tent he was under, so the tent fell on top of him. An earlier king with this name was literally crowned while in the womb of his Jewish mother. A king with this name spent much of his reign trying to curry favor with Pap, or Papas. A king with this name executed the bishop Shimun Bar Sabbae and other Christians when they refused to pay a double tax to finance a war. The second king with this name extracted a humiliating peace treaty from Jovian after Julian the Apostate died in a battle where he beat this king. A king with this name built a namesake city on the road between Estakhr and (*) Ctesiphon. Mani of Manichaeism fame was a scholar in the court of a king with this name. The best-known king with this name collected a huge indemnity from Philip the Arab and won the Battle of Edessa, netting him a key prisoner whom he famously used as a footstool to mount his horse. For 10 points, give this name of the second king of the Sassanid Empire, who capture Valerian.
A king with this name died when nobles cut the ropes of a tent he was under, so the tent fell on top of him.