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Major Events


Ctesiphon: Ṭāq Kisrā
Ctesiphon
ancient city, Iraq
Dura-Europus: Temple of Bel
Dura-Europus
ancient city, Syria
Hatra, Iraq: temple
Hatra
ancient city, Iraq
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Adiabene
ancient kingdom, Iraq
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Nisa
ancient city, Turkmenistan
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Hecatompylos
ancient city, Iran

Key People

Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king
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Marcus Licinius Crassus
Roman statesman
Antiochus VII Sidetes
Antiochus VII Sidetes
Seleucid king
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Artabanus III
king of Parthia
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Arsacid dynasty
ancient Iranian dynasty
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Publius Ventidius
Roman general
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Pacorus
Parthian prince
Phraates IV, coin, 1st century ce.
Phraates IV
king of Parthia
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Artabanus V
king of Parthia
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Gaius Avidius Cassius
Roman emperor
Corbulo, marble bust; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
Roman general
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Vologeses I
king of Parthia
Vonones I, coin, 1st century AD
Vonones I
king of Parthia
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Vologeses V
king of Parthia
Sanatruces, coin, 1st century BC
Sanatruces
king of Parthia
Orodes II
Orodes II
king of Parthia
Phraates II
Phraates II
king of Parthia
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Gotarzes I
king of Parthia
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Vologeses IV
king of Parthia