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Artabanus IV of Parthia ruled the Parthia
Parthia

Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, after which the Arsacid Empire is then also known as the 'Parthian Empire'....
n Empire from 216 to 224. He was the younger son of Vologases V of Parthia
Vologases V of Parthia

Vologases V of Parthia ruled the Parthia from 191 to 208. He was the son of Vologases I of Armenia, a member of the Parthian Arsacid dynasty Arshakuni Dynasty....
 (191–208) who died in 208. Artabanus IV rebelled against his brother Vologases VI of Parthia
Vologases VI of Parthia

Vologases VI of Parthia succeeded his father Vologases V of Parthia to the throne of the Parthia in 208. Soon after his accession his brother Artabanus IV of Parthia rebelled against him, and became master of the greater part of the empire....
 (208–228), and soon gained the upper hand, although Vologases VI maintained himself in a part of Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
 until about 228.

The Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 emperor Caracalla
Caracalla

Caracalla , born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later called Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, was the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Roman Emperor from 211 – 217....
 (211–217), wishing to make use of this civil war for a conquest of the East in imitation of his idol, Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
 (336–323 BC), attacked the Parthians in 216.






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Artabanus IV of Parthia ruled the Parthia
Parthia

Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, after which the Arsacid Empire is then also known as the 'Parthian Empire'....
n Empire from 216 to 224. He was the younger son of Vologases V of Parthia
Vologases V of Parthia

Vologases V of Parthia ruled the Parthia from 191 to 208. He was the son of Vologases I of Armenia, a member of the Parthian Arsacid dynasty Arshakuni Dynasty....
 (191–208) who died in 208. Artabanus IV rebelled against his brother Vologases VI of Parthia
Vologases VI of Parthia

Vologases VI of Parthia succeeded his father Vologases V of Parthia to the throne of the Parthia in 208. Soon after his accession his brother Artabanus IV of Parthia rebelled against him, and became master of the greater part of the empire....
 (208–228), and soon gained the upper hand, although Vologases VI maintained himself in a part of Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
 until about 228.

The Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 emperor Caracalla
Caracalla

Caracalla , born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later called Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, was the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Roman Emperor from 211 – 217....
 (211–217), wishing to make use of this civil war for a conquest of the East in imitation of his idol, Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
 (336–323 BC), attacked the Parthians in 216. He crossed the Tigris
Tigris

The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq....
, destroyed the towns and spoiled the tombs of Arbela
Arbela

Arbela may refer to:*An important city in ancient Israel, located on the site of modern Irbid, Jordan*The ancient name of the city of Arbil in northern Iraq...
, but when Artabanus IV advanced at the head of an army, he retired to Carrhae. There he was murdered by Martialis on April 8, 217
217

Events...
. Caracalla's successor, the Praetorian Prefect of the Guard Macrinus
Macrinus

Marcus Opellius Macrinus was Roman Empire Roman Emperors for fourteen months in 217 and 218. Macrinus was the first emperor to become so without membership in the senatorial class and the first emperor of Mauretania descent....
 (217–218), was defeated at Nisibis
Nisibis

Nusaybin is a city in Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey populated by Kurdish people, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people, Arabs.It is the ancient Mesopotamian city, which Alexander's successors refounded as Antiochia Mygdonia and is mentioned for the first time in Polybius' description of the march of Antiochus I against the Molon...
 and concluded a peace with Artabanus IV, in which he gave up all the Roman conquests, restored the booty, and paid a heavy contribution to the Parthians.

At about this time, the Persian
Persian Empire

The 'Persian Empire' was a series of successive Iranian or Persianization empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland, and beyond in Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus....
 dynast Ardashir I (216–224) had already begun his conquests in Persia and Carmania. When Artabanus IV tried to subdue him his troops were defeated. The war lasted several years; at last Artabanus IV himself was vanquished and killed in 226. His brother Vologases VI's realm succumbed to Ardashir I a few years later. Thus the 400-year rule of the Arsacid Dynasty
Arsacid Dynasty

The Arsacid Dynasty may refer to:*Arsacid Empire*Arsacid Dynasty of Armenia*Arsacid dynasty of Iberia*Arsacid Dynasty of Caucasian Albania...
 came to an end.