18 events with tag "Parthia"
247 BC
ID: 4659
Arsaces I founds Parthian Empire - nomadic Parni tribe conquers Parthia, breaks from Seleucids
ID: 4659
171 BC
ID: 4660
Mithridates I expands Parthian Empire - conquers Media, Mesopotamia, creates rival to Rome
ID: 4660
141 BC
ID: 4661
Parthians capture Seleucia - major Hellenistic city falls, Ctesiphon becomes winter capital
ID: 4661
123 BC
ID: 4662
Mithridates II 'the Great' rules - Parthian Empire reaches greatest extent, controls Silk Road
ID: 4662
92 BC
ID: 4663
First Rome-Parthia contact - Sulla's envoy meets Parthian ambassador on Euphrates
ID: 4663
53 BC
ID: 2696
Battle of Carrhae - Crassus killed by Parthians, molten gold poured down throat (legend), triumvirate broken
ID: 2696
53 BC
ID: 4664
Battle of Carrhae - Parthian cavalry destroys Crassus's legions using horse archers
ID: 4664
40 BC
ID: 4665
Parthians invade Roman Syria - briefly control Jerusalem, install Antigonus as king
ID: 4665
36 BC
ID: 4666
Mark Antony's failed Parthian campaign - loses 30,000 men retreating through Armenia
ID: 4666
20 BC
ID: 2720
Parthians return Roman standards - diplomatic triumph, eagles lost at Carrhae returned, presented as military victory
ID: 2720
51
ID: 4667
Vologases I establishes Parthian era - cultural renaissance, Zoroastrian texts compiled
ID: 4667
115
ID: 4668
Trajan captures Ctesiphon - Rome briefly holds Parthian capital, but cannot maintain
ID: 4668
116
ID: 4014
Roman Empire reaches maximum extent - Trajan conquers Mesopotamia, but overextended
ID: 4014
165
ID: 4669
Romans sack Ctesiphon again - Lucius Verus burns palace, plague spreads to Rome
ID: 4669
197
ID: 4037
Severus sacks Ctesiphon - captures Parthian capital, creates new provinces
ID: 4037
198
ID: 4670
Septimius Severus sacks Ctesiphon - third Roman sack, 100,000 enslaved
ID: 4670
217
ID: 4671
Battle of Nisibis - Parthians defeat Macrinus, Rome pays huge indemnity
ID: 4671
224
ID: 4672
Fall of Parthian Empire - Ardashir I defeats Artabanus IV at Hormozgan, founds Sassanid dynasty
ID: 4672