Topic

Roman-Persian War of 230-33

Subject Conflict 230 CE – 233 CE

Conflict resumes shortly after the overthrow of Parthian rule and Ardashir I's foundation of the Sassanid Empire.

Ardashir raids Mesopotamia and Syria in 230 and demands the cession of all the former territories of the Achaemenid Empire.

After fruitless negotiations, Alexander Severus sets out against Ardashir in 232 and finally repulses him