Europe 116: Trajan’s Parthian campaign
September 116
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Trajan’s Parthian campaign
18 Sep 96AD Accession of Nerva
sum 102 First Dacian War
8 Aug 106 Second Dacian War
sum 107 Trajan’s Iazygan War
fall 113 Outbreak of Trajan’s Parthian War
fall 114 Trajan’s Conquest of Armenia
14 Oct 115 Kitos War
Sep 116 Trajan’s Parthian campaign
10 Aug 117 Accession of Hadrian
sum 122 Pax Romana
late 132 Bar Kokhba Revolt
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fall 161 Vologases IV’s Conquest of Armenia
spr 166 Lucius Verus’ Parthian War
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3 May 175 Avidius Cassius’ Revolt
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30 Dec 192 Reign of Commodus
In 116 Trajan mounted a full-scale invasion of Parthia, rapidly advancing to capture Ctesiphon, Susa, and Characene. He organized much of the newly conquered territory into the new Roman province of Mesopotamia, but almost immediately faced wide-ranging revolts among the local peoples.
