Which poet witnessed all three sieges of Nusaybin by the Sasanian army?
Ephrem the Syrian
Narsai
Barsauma
Jacob of Nisibis
Answer
The Syriac poet Ephrem the Syrian witnessed all three sieges of Nusaybin by the Sasanian army in the first half of the 4th century. He praised Nusaybin's successive bishops for their contributions to the defences in his'song of Nisibis'.
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