Nisibis

Birley, "Hadrian to the Antonines", 163, citing Prosopographia Imperii Romani 2 M 169. The Parthians retreated to Nisibis, but this too was besieged and captured.

His army elected Jovian as the new emperor, and to rescue his army, he was forced to surrender Nisibis to Persia (also in 363) and to permit the expulsion of the entire Christian population.

Magnus of Nisibis was a pure theorist, as were John of Alexandria and Agnellus of Ravenna with their lectures on Galen's De Sectis.

The cities around Nisibis were destroyed one by one, and their citizens killed or deported.

The most reliable date for his death is 9 June 373. Writings The interior of the Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis Over four hundred hymns composed by Ephrem still exist.