פירוש על ברכות 111:1

The parallel passage (Bekorot 8b) has Hananyah, correctly.

The mention of R. Joshua b. Hananyah in connection with the Persian-Roman Wars would be an anachronism. For "Persians" we should probably read "Parthians"; and we may have here a reminiscence of the defeat of Trajan in 116 c.E.

Used as fodder for camels.

There is no historical record of Shapor I having been taken prisoner by Rome.