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The Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 (also called the Parthian War of Lucius Verus [1]) was fought between the Roman and Parthian Empires over Armenia and Upper Mesopotamia. It concluded in 166 after the Romans made successful campaigns into Lower Mesopotamia and Media and sacked Ctesiphon, the Parthian capital.
The Roman–Parthian Wars (54 BC – 217 AD) were a series of conflicts between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. It was the first series of conflicts in what would be 682 years of Roman–Persian Wars. Battles between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Republic began in 54 BC. [1]
The siege of Edessa took place in 165 when the Roman Empire, under Emperor Lucius Verus, besieged the city of Edessa, held by the Parthian Empire.. Wa'el (son of Sahru), then ruler of Edessa and Osroene, had been installed by the Parthians in 163 and issued coins with the portrait of the Parthian king.
During Marcus Aurelius' Parthian War (161-166), Fronto initially commanded the legion I Minervia, which in 162 [3] he personally led on the long march to the Eastern front from its permanent base at Bonna on the river Rhine in Germania Superior. [2]
Roman–Parthian War of 161–166; Roman–Parthian Wars; S. Seleucid–Parthian Wars This page was last edited on 27 July 2024, at 16:30 (UTC). Text is available ...
A Parthian (right) wearing a Phrygian cap, depicted as a prisoner of war in chains held by a Roman (left); Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, 203 AD. Trajan's successor Hadrian (r. 117–138 AD) reaffirmed the Roman-Parthian border at the Euphrates, choosing not to invade Mesopotamia due to Rome's now limited military resources. [159]
The Armenian–Parthian War (87–85 BC) The Roman–Parthian Wars, including: Antony's Atropatene campaign or the Roman–Parthian War (40–33 BC) The Roman–Parthian War of 58–63; Trajan's Parthian campaign (114–117) The Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 or the Parthian War of Lucius Verus; The Parthian war of Caracalla (216–217)
Roman influence was secured through a series of Roman-sponsored kings until 37 AD, when a Parthian-supported candidate, Orodes, assumed the throne. The Roman-supported king, Mithridates, recovered his throne with the support of Emperor Claudius in 42 AD, [6] but was deposed in 51 AD by his nephew Rhadamistus of Iberia.