sulla80Apr 10, 20236 minKing Phraates IV and SonThis post was originally published in August 27, 2020 and has been updated with additional coins, references and images. I had been...
sulla80Apr 29, 20224 minParthian BeginningsAfter the death of Alexander the Great in June of 323 BC, his generals fought each other and divided up his empire. Seleukos I took the...
sulla80Apr 9, 20225 minThe End of ParthiaFebruary 19, 197, the armies of Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus clashed in Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France), and concluded the civil...
sulla80Feb 24, 20224 minRome v. Parthia (AD 161-166)I wrote an earlier post on Rome v. Parthia - in May 53 BC, when at Carrhae, Mesopotamia a member of the Sūrēn (Surena) family won a...