[Footnote61:Acerrimanocturnaconcertationepugnatumest，nostrorumcopiisngentistrageconfossis。Ammian。xviii。5。SeelikewiseEutropius，x。10，andS。Rufus，c。27。]
[Footnote*:ThePersianhistorians，orromancers，donotmentionthebattleofSingara，butmakethecaptiveShahpourescape，defeat，andtakeprisoner，theRomanemperor。TheRomancaptiveswereforcedtorepairalltheravagestheyhadcommitted，eventoreplantingthesmallesttrees。Malcolm。i。82。—M。]
[Footnote62:Libanius，Orat。iii。p。133，withJulian。Orat。i。
p。24，andSpanneism\'sCommentary，p。179。]
WhateveradvantagesmightattendthearmsofSaporinthefield，thoughninerepeatedvictoriesdiffusedamongthenationsthefameofhisvalorandconduct，hecouldnothopetosucceedintheexecutionofhisdesigns，whilethefortifiedtownsofMesopotamia，and，aboveall，thestrongandancientcityofNisibis，remainedinthepossessionoftheRomans。Inthespaceoftwelveyears，Nisibis，which，sincethetimeofLucullus，hadbeendeservedlyesteemedthebulwarkoftheEast，sustainedthreememorablesiegesagainstthepowerofSapor；andthedisappointedmonarch，afterurginghisattacksabovesixty，eighty，andahundreddays，wasthricerepulsedwithlossandignominy。^63