EditorialAnibal Amador uses his own stepladder to install a new net at a playground basketball court in Manhattan on June 14, 2021. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialEmperor Valerian (ca. 200-260 CE) defeated kneels in front of Sassanid King Shapur I (241 to 272 CE). After the battle of Edessa, Valerian was forced to seek terms with Shapur I. Sometime towards the end of 259, or at the beginning of 260, Valerian was...