The Battle of Edessa took place between the armies of the Roman Empire under the command of Emperor Valerian and Sassanid forces under Shahanshah (King of the Kings) Shapur I . The Roman army was defeated and captured in its entirety by the Persian forces; for the first time in Rome's military history their emperor was taken prisoner. Hope it helps
ok so, The battle of edessa took place between the armies of the roman empire
accoring to roman sources which are not very clear roman army was defeated and taken away by the persain froces. valerian as soon as posible tried to renigociate but he was captured. it is possible that his army surrendered after that. The prisoners included, according to Shapur's claims, many other high-ranking officials, including a praetorian prefect,[9] possibly Successianus
