62 ⟶ Roman Campaign Paused: Winter Camp at Rhandeia
Lucius Caesennius Paetus advances towards Tigranocerta, but ...
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🛡️ Corbulo's Appointment to Govern Asia & Roman Armenia Strategy
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo arrives in the East and takes up an assignment as governor of Asia, with a secret brief from Nero and his chief ministers, Seneca and Burrus, to return Armenia to the Roman Empire.⟶
Roman EmpireMilitary StrategyRoman-Parthian WarsNeroCorbuloRoman GovernanceImperial ExpansionDiplomacy
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Italy⚔️ Corbulo's Legions Train in Cappadocia
Winter – Domitius Corbulo marches his legions (Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X) into the mountains of Cappadocia and makes camp. He gives the men a harsh training, twenty-five-mile marches and weapons drills.⟶
Roman EmpireAncient romeCorbuloMilitary StrategyWarfare
TurkeyArmenia🛡️ Corbulo Captures Tigranocerta and Installs Tigranes VI in Armenia
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Roman commander in the east, captures Tigranocerta in Mesopotamia. He installs Tigranes VI, a Cappadocian prince, as ruler of Armenia. For the next four years, a cohort from Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X Fretensis is stationed in the capital as bodyguard to the king, supported by fifteen hundred auxiliaries.⟶
Roman EmpireGnaeus Domitius CorbuloMilitary CampaignAncient romeLegion
ArmeniaTurkey⛺️ Roman Campaign Paused: Winter Camp at Rhandeia
Lucius Caesennius Paetus advances towards Tigranocerta, but due to lack of supplies he makes camp for the winter in the fortress at Rhandeia in northwestern Armenia.⟶
Roman EmpireMilitary CampaignRoman-Parthian WarsLogisticsSiege Warfare
ArmeniaTurkey⚔️ Roman Defeat at the Battle of Rhandeia
Battle of Rhandeia: The Roman army (two legions) is defeated by the Parthians under king Tiridates I. Paetus surrenders and withdraws his disheveled army to Syria.⟶
Roman EmpireParthian EmpireBattleMilitary HistoryWarfareConflictTiridates I
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