tecrit

Updated: June 8, 2025

Towards the close of the campaign, the arms of Sapor incurred some disgrace by an unsuccessful enterprise against Virtha, or Tecrit, a strong, or, as it was universally esteemed till the age of Tamerlane, an impregnable fortress of the independent Arabs.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2