Category: Parthian War
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The Battle of Carrhae 53BC
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Battle of Carrhae – June 9, 53 BC “At first impression, the interminable series of wars between the Roman Empire and Persia… look almost inexplicable. They went on and on, century after century… Upper Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Syria had become an unfortunate playground for princes” –Michael Axworthy, historian The Battle of Carrhae (modern-day Harran in…
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The Siege of Dura-Europos
Courtesy Yale University Art Gallery, Dura-Europos Excavation Archive by Selme Angulo, and fact checked by Darci Heikkinen on 20th July 2023 In 256 AD, a war was being fought between the Romans and the Sasanians, and some brutal fighting took place during the awful Siege of Dura-Europos in what is now Syria. Europos, an old Macedonian-Greek military…
