Roman–Parthian Wars

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ancient war series of wars

The Roman–Parthian Wars were a series of protracted military conflicts between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire over dominance in the Near East from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Roman–Parthian Wars canonical	18
Roman–Parthian conflicts	10
Roman–Parthian War of 58–63	4
Trajan’s Parthian campaign	3
Roman–Parthian War of 195–198	2
Parthian invasions of Roman territory	1
Parthian–Roman War of 53 BC	1
Roman reconquest of Armenia	1
Roman–Parthian War	1
Roman–Parthian War of 40–33 BC	1
Roman–Parthian War of 54–53 BC	1
conflicts with Parthian Empire	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient war ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
conflictBetween	Parthian Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime	3rd century CE ⓘ
followedBy	Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Sasanian Wars
hasCause	control of Armenia ⓘ control of Mesopotamia ⓘ control of trade routes between Mediterranean and India ⓘ struggle for dominance in the Near East ⓘ
mainTheater	Armenia ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East Syria ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Carrhae ⓘ Battle of Mount Gindarus ⓘ Battle of Rhandeia ⓘ Lucius Verus’ campaign in Mesopotamia ⓘ Septimius Severus’ capture of Ctesiphon (198 CE) ⓘ siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE) Trajan’s capture of Ctesiphon (116 CE) ⓘ
notableBelligerent	Parthian Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
notableCommander	Artabanus II of Parthia ⓘ Augustus ⓘ Pompey the Great ⓘ surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Hadrian ⓘ Julius Caesar ⓘ Lucius Verus ⓘ Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ Mark Antony ⓘ Orodes II of Parthia ⓘ Septimius Severus ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ Trajan ⓘ Vologases I of Parthia ⓘ Vologases IV of Parthia ⓘ
partOf	Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Iranian conflicts
relatedTo	History of Armenia ⓘ Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Sasanian Wars Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Road trade
result	mutual exhaustion of Rome and Parthia ⓘ shifting control of Armenia ⓘ stalemate ⓘ temporary Roman occupations of Mesopotamia ⓘ
significance	defined eastern frontier of the Roman Empire ⓘ preceded rise of the Sasanian Empire ⓘ shaped Roman foreign policy in the East ⓘ
startTime	1st century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman army → participatedIn → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Nerva–Antonine dynasty → significantEvent → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trajan’s Parthian campaign

Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 → partOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts

Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 → followedBy → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 195–198

Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 → precededBy → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 58–63

Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 → militaryCampaign → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman reconquest of Armenia

Roman–Persian Wars → hasPart → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 54–53 BC

Roman–Persian Wars → hasPart → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 40–33 BC

Roman–Persian Wars → hasPart → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 58–63

Seleucid Empire → knownFor → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: conflicts with Parthian Empire

Roman–Parthian frontier zone → conflictSiteOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Marcus Licinius Crassus → militaryConflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian–Roman War of 53 BC

Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus → partOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts

Conquest of Mesopotamia → partOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Lusius Quietus → participatedIn → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trajan’s Parthian campaign

Roman military history → includesTopic → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Vologases IV of Parthia → conflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 195–198

Parthian capture of Edessa → partOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Siege of Edessa (161–162) → partOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts

Siege of Edessa (161–162) → partOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Siege of Edessa (161–162) → hasToDoWith → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian invasions of Roman territory

Capture of Ctesiphon (165) → conflictType → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian War

Capture of Ctesiphon (165) → partOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts

Capture of Ctesiphon (165) → historicalPeriod → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Sack of Seleucia (165) → relatedEvent → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 58–63

Roman counteroffensive in Syria → conflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Battle of Carrhae → conflictIn → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Battle of Carrhae → partOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts

Legio II Adiutrix → participatedIn → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trajan’s Parthian campaign

M. Claudius Fronto → militaryConflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts

Legio IV Flavia Felix → participatedIn → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts

Marcus Statius Priscus → militaryConflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Appius Claudius Pulcher → participatedIn → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts

Armeniacus → bearsRelationTo → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Mithridatic Wars with Rome → relatedTo → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

subject surface form: Mithridatic Wars

Parthian cavalry → usedInConflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Orodes II of Parthia → conflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Vologases I of Parthia → conflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 58–63

Legio XV Apollinaris → participatedIn → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Roman province of Cappadocia → associatedWithConflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

Mattathias Antigonus → conflict → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts

Parthian invasion → partOf → Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Parthian conflicts