Odaenathus' Sasanian Campaigns

Odaenathus's Sasanian Campaigns
Part of the Roman–Sasanian wars
The Sasanian Empire at the time of Shapur I (towards the end of 260).
Date 261–266 AD Location Kingdom of Palmyra and Mesopotamia Result Roman Victory Roman re-annexation of Osroene, including Nisibis and Carrhae; re-enstablishment of Roman Syria The Sasanians lost all the territories they had gained in the Battle of Edessa
Belligerents
Kingdom of Palmyra Roman Empire	Sasanian Empire Germani peoples (in Anatolia)
Commanders and leaders
Emperor Gallienus Odaenathus Macrianus Major Balista	Shapur I
Casualties and losses
Unknown	All satraps captured, a great number of men killed (Historia Augusta)

The Sasanian campaigns of Odaenathus (261–266 AD) constituted yet another success of the Roman armies or rather, in this specific case the Roman–Palmyrene armies, over the armies of the Sassanids for the supremacy of the nearby Kingdom of Armenia and northern Mesopotamia.