Mesopotamia is the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, some parts of southeastern Turkey, and some parts of the Khuzestan Province of southwestern Iran.... was one of three provinces (besides Armenia and Assyria
Assyria (Roman province)
Assyria or Assyria Provincia was one of three Roman provinces created by the Roman emperor Trajan in 116 C.E. following a successful military campaign against Parthia, in present-day Iraq....
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Mesopotamia is the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, some parts of southeastern Turkey, and some parts of the Khuzestan Province of southwestern Iran.... was one of three provinces (besides Armenia and Assyria
Assyria (Roman province)
Assyria or Assyria Provincia was one of three Roman provinces created by the Roman emperor Trajan in 116 C.E. following a successful military campaign against Parthia, in present-day Iraq....
) created by the Roman emperor
Roman Emperor
The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus ,Caesar and princeps were all associated with it.... Trajan
Trajan
Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 98 until his death in 117. Born Marcus Ulpius Traianus into a nonpatrician family in the Hispania Baetica province , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian, serving as a general in the Roman army along the Limes G... in AD 116
116
Events... following a successful military campaign against 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'.... . The acquisitions marked the peak of expansion of the Roman Empire
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.... and were evacuated by Hadrian
Hadrian
Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher.... only two years later, in AD 118
Ancient Mesopotamia was settled and conquered by numerous ancient civilizations. Dates for events in ancient Mesopotamia are still controversial, and several different methods and standards of dating exist for the Chronology of the ancient Near East; therefore, all dates in this article are only estimates....
