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Trajan's Parthian campaign was engaged by Roman emperor Trajan in 115 against the Parthian Empire in Mesopotamia. The war was initially successful for the Romans, but a series of setbacks, including wide-scale rebellions in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa and Trajan's death in 117, ended in a Roman withdrawal.
In 113 AD, the Roman Emperor Trajan made eastern conquests and the defeat of Parthia a strategic priority, [3] and successfully overran the Parthian capital, Ctesiphon, installing Parthamaspates of Parthia as a client ruler. However he was later repulsed from the region by rebellions.
25 paź 2024 · Trajan’s second major war was against the Parthians, Rome’s traditional enemy in the east. The chronology of his campaigns is uncertain. In preparation for them, in 105/106 one of his generals annexed the Nabataean kingdom, the part of Arabia extending east and south of Judaea.
1 cze 2021 · In his attack in 113 CE, Trajan took with him his two generals, Lucius Quietus and Lucius Maximus (later killed in battle), and six legions: After taking the cities of Nisibis and Barnae, he was successful in capturing the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon where he allowed his army to loot the city. Next, he easily took the city of Seleucia.
In this revealing article of disclosure, historian Dr Daryn Graham examines the theories and reasoning behind the Roman emperor Trajan’s launch of the Parthian War.
Rome’s three wars with Mithridates VI of Pontus (r. 120–63 bce) in 89–85, 83–81, and 74 / 73–63 bce brought the Parthians and Romans into contact many times. The extant evidence specifically documents their exchanges during the Third Mithridatic War.
21 kwi 2017 · In 116 a fresh campaign seems to have been launched across the Euphrates. Adiabene was subjugated, and the Romans swung south, capturing the Parthian capital (Ctesiphon) and reaching the Persian Gulf. The Parthians recaptured territory behind the advance but were caught by detached Roman forces.
