Major conflict53 BCE – 217 CE · 270 years

Roman-Parthian Wars

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Syria · Mesopotamia · Persia · Armenia

Estimated casualties

500Ksingle estimate · no range published

Extended conflict between Rome and Parthia for control of Mesopotamia and the eastern frontier.

Belligerents2

Rome
Parthian Empire

ON THE MAPRoman RepublicParthian Empire

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 4

Battle of Mount Gindarus38 BCE
Battle of Phraaspa36 BCE
Battle of Artaxata58 CE
Battle of Arsanias62 CE

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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