Parthian war of Caracalla

Parthian war of Caracalla
Part of Roman–Parthian Wars

Map of the ancient Near East, showing the respective locations of Armenia, Osroene, Adiabene and the Parthian Empire
Date216 AD - 217 AD
Location
Result

Parthian victory[1][2]

  • Rome is forced to pay tribute to Parthia
Territorial
changes
Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
Roman Empire Parthian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Caracalla
Macrinus
Artabanus IV
Casualties and losses
Heavy Heavy

The Parthian war of Caracalla was an unsuccessful campaign by the Roman Empire under Caracalla against the Parthian Empire in 216–17 AD. It was the climax of a four-year period, starting in 213, when Caracalla pursued a lengthy campaign in central and eastern Europe and the Near East.[3] After intervening to overthrow rulers in client kingdoms adjoining Parthia, he invaded in 216 using an abortive wedding proposal to the Parthian king Artabanus's daughter as a casus belli. His forces carried out a campaign of massacres in the northern regions of the Parthian Empire before withdrawing to Asia Minor, where he was assassinated in April 217. The war was ended the following year after Parthian victory at the Battle of Nisibis, with the Romans paying a huge sum of war reparations to the Parthians.

  1. ^ Sampson, Gareth C. (2008). The Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the East. Pen & Sword Military. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-84415-676-4.
  2. ^ Encyclopaedia Iranica "In fact, Caracalla does not seem to have reached even as far as Media, which was probably his objective"
  3. ^ Scott, Andrew G. (2008). Change and Discontinuity Within the Severan Dynasty: The Case of Macrinus. pp. 25–26. ISBN 9780549890416.

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