Editing Narseh (section)

==== The war ====
[[Image:Arch-of-Galerius-1.jpg|thumb|Detail of [[Galerius]] attacking Narseh on the [[Arch of Galerius]] at [[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]].]]
[[Galerius]], ''Caesar'' under Emperor [[Diocletian]], invaded [[Mesopotamia]], which Narseh had occupied hoping to check his advance. Three battles were fought subsequently, the first two of which were indecisive. In the third fought at [[Raqqa|Callinicum]], Galerius suffered a complete defeat and was forced to retreat. Galerius crossed the [[Euphrates]] into [[Syria]] to join his father-in-law Diocletian at [[Antioch]]. On his arrival at Antioch, Galerius was rebuked by Diocletian who disgraced him for his shameful defeat at the hands of Narseh. Vowing to take revenge, Galerius made preparations throughout the winter of 297 and invaded Armenia with 25,000 men.

Supported by the Armenians, Galerius surprised Narseh in his camp at the [[Battle of Satala (298)|Battle of Satala]] and inflicted a crushing defeat on the latter, forcing him to flee in haste. His wife, prisoners, his sisters and a number of his children were captured apart from his prodigious military chest. Eastern Mesopotamia was recovered by the Romans and Tiridates was reinstated as the monarch of Armenia.