died ad 192
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The reigns of Vologeses III (or II; c. 105/106–147?) and especially Vologeses IV (or III; 148–192), the latter not having to dispute the throne with a pretender, could by their lengths be a sign that the country might have experienced a certain stability. But underneath the apparent calm the intrigues continued, with Rome receiving embassies from the Hyrcanians, the Bactrians, and...
...contained no supplies for the Romans, they were soon compelled to retreat. A siege of Hatra in 199 by Severus failed, and peace was made. Conflict between two claimants to the Parthian throne, Vologeses IV or V and Artabanus V, gave the Roman emperor Caracalla an excuse to invade Adiabene, but in 217 he was assassinated on the road from Edessa to Carrhae, and the Romans made peace. The end...
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