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The Parthian war of Caracalla, an unsuccessful …
Years: 208 - 219
The Parthian war of Caracalla, an unsuccessful campaign by the Roman Empire under Caracalla against the Parthian Empire in 216–17, is the climax of a four-year period, starting in 213, when Caracalla pursues a lengthy campaign in central and eastern Europe and the Near East.
After intervening to overthrow rulers in client kingdoms adjoining Parthia, he invades in 216 using an abortive wedding proposal to the Parthian king's daughter as a casus belli.
His forces carry out a campaign of massacres in the northern regions of the Parthian Empire before withdrawing to Asia Minor, where he is assassinated in April 217.
The war is ended the following year with the Romans paying a huge sum of war reparations to the Parthians.
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Years: 208 - 219
People
Groups
- Iranian peoples
- Parthian Empire
- Greece, Roman
- Christians, Jewish
- Christians, Early
- Roman Empire (Rome): Severan dynasty
Topics
- Classical antiquity
- Roman Age Optimum
- Three Kingdoms of Korea
- Five Pecks of Rice
- Parthian war of Caracalla
Commodoties
Subjects
- Commerce
- Writing
- Environment
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
- Theology
- Philosophy and logic
Regions
Subregions