series of conflicts between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 9 June 53 BCE — 217; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 9 June 53 BCE
Battle of Carrhae
On the map ↗ Source · Q205887 - 51 BCE
Siege of Antioch ↗
Source · Q109377210 - 40 BCE — 38 BCE
Pompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE
On the map ↗ Source · Q55630237 - 40 BCE
Battle of Apamea ↗
Source · Q9172749 - 39 BCE
Battle of Amanus Pass ↗
Source · Q4870287 - 39 BCE
Battle of the Cilician Gates ↗
Source · Q4872891 - 38 BCE
Battle of Mount Gindarus ↗
Source · Q3498428 - 36 BCE
Antony's Parthian War
On the map ↗ Source · Q2334699 - 36 BCE
Battle of Urumia ↗
Source · Q85745944 - 36 BCE
Battle of Praaspa ↗
Source · Q9172971 - 50 — 53
Iberian–Armenian War
On the map ↗ Source · Q7968589 - 52 — 53
Siege of Garni (52–53) ↗
Source · Q122917675 - 58 — 63
Roman–Parthian War of 58–63
On the map ↗ Source · Q1533828 - 62
Battle of Rhandeia ↗
Source · Q2263382 - 115 — 117
Trajan's Parthian campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q3651751 - 161 — 166
Roman–Parthian War of 161–166
On the map ↗ Source · Q1790268 - 163
Siege of Edessa ↗
Source · Q65081364 - 165
Battle of Dura-Europos ↗
Source · Q134067676 - 165
Battle of Ctesiphon ↗
Source · Q4870814 - 165
Siege of Edessa ↗
Source · Q65081356 - 195 — 198
Roman–Parthian War of 195–198
On the map ↗ Source · Q11893060 - 197 — 198
Siege of Hatra ↗
Source · Q128094297 - 198
Battle of Ctesiphon ↗
Source · Q2671354 - 216 — 217
Parthian War of Caracalla
On the map ↗ Source · Q3651748 - 217
Battle of Nisibis ↗
Source · Q2588587
Provenance and limits
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