-37 ⟶ Mark Antony's Parthian Invasion

Mark Antony invades Parthia.
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⚔️ Lucullus' Victories Over Mithridates: Battles of Tenedos, Cyzicus, and Rhyndacus

73-72 BC: Lucullus defeats Mithridates at Tenedos, Cyzicus, and the Rhyndacus and he flees east to Armenia⟶
Lucullus' Victories Over Mithridates: Battles of Tenedos, Cyzicus, and Rhyndacus (-72)
Ancient romeMithridatic WarsLucullusAncient WarfareMilitary CampaignAncient greeceBattle
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⚔️ Lucullus Defeats Tigranes the Great at Tigranocerta

Lucullus invades Armenia (Battle of Tigranocerta) and reestablishes the Seleucids in Syria.⟶
Lucullus Defeats Tigranes the Great at Tigranocerta (-69)
Ancient romeSeleucid EmpireTigranes the GreatLucullusBattleAncient greeceConquestExpansionismAncient Warfare
ArmeniaArmeniaTurkeyTurkeySyriaSyria

⚔️ Battle of Carrhae: Parthians Defeat Romans

the Parthians defeat the Romans under Crassus in the Battle of Carrhae, ending the First Triumvirate.⟶
Battle of Carrhae: Parthians Defeat Romans (-53)
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⚔️ Mark Antony's Parthian Invasion

Mark Antony invades Parthia.⟶
Mark Antony's Parthian Invasion (-37)
Ancient romeParthian EmpireMilitary CampaignAncient WarfareMark AntonyPolitical IntrigueBattleInvasion
TurkeyTurkeyArmeniaArmeniaIranIranSyriaSyria

🛡️ Piso Defies Germanicus: Syrian Legions Withheld from Armenia

Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, governor of Syria, ignores the order of Germanicus to send Syrian-based legions, including Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X Fretensis, to Armenia to back him in his planned coronation of Artaxias III.⟶
Piso Defies Germanicus: Syrian Legions Withheld from Armenia (18)
Roman EmpireMilitaryGermanicusGnaeus Calpurnius PisoAncient romeCivil UnrestPolitical IntrigueRoman Governors
SyriaSyriaArmeniaArmenia

🛡️ Corbulo Fortifies Roman-Parthian Border

Corbulo recruits Syrian auxiliary units in the region and stations them in border forts, with orders from Nero not to provoke the Parthians.⟶
Corbulo Fortifies Roman-Parthian Border (54)
Roman EmpireParthian EmpireCorbuloMilitary StrategyBorder SecurityAncient romeNero
SyriaSyriaTurkeyTurkey