Europe 216: Caracalla’s Parthian Campaign
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Caracalla’s Parthian Campaign
19 Apr 193 Year of the Five Emperors
31 Mar 194 Second Battle of Issus
19 Feb 197 Battle of Lugdunum
28 Jan 198 Severus’ Parthian Campaign
Dec 202 Severus’ African War
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8 Jun 218 Macrinus vs Elagabalus
28 Apr 224 Battle of Hormozdgan
6 Apr 227 Sasanian Empire
fall 232 First Roman–Sasanian War
Following his Germanic War, Caracalla headed east to campaign against Parthia, now splintered between Shah Vologases VI, the usurper Artabanus IV, and the insurgent Sasanians. After Vologases agreed to cede political refugees to him and Artabanus agreed—or refused, sources vary—to give him his daughter in marriage, Caracalla attacked Artabanus and seized the city of Arbela, the proposed site of the wedding.
