Roman eastern campaigns

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The Roman eastern campaigns were a series of military expeditions by the Roman Empire aimed at expanding and securing its influence in the Near East, particularly through repeated conflicts with the Parthian and later Sasanian Persian empires.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Roman eastern campaigns canonical 2
Roman campaigns in the East 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman military operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aimedAt control of Armenia ⓘ
control of Mesopotamia ⓘ
control of trade routes to the East ⓘ
expansion of Roman influence in the Near East ⓘ
securing Roman eastern frontiers ⓘ
characteristic logistical challenges in desert and steppe regions ⓘ
reliance on client kingdoms ⓘ
repeated invasions and counter-invasions ⓘ
sieges of fortified eastern cities ⓘ
conflictWith Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
various Arab client kingdoms ⓘ
endTime 7th century CE ⓘ
hasPart Carus’ Persian campaign ⓘ
Crassus’ Parthian campaign ⓘ
Galerius’ campaign against Narseh ⓘ
Heraclius’ campaigns against the Sasanians ⓘ
Julian’s Persian campaign ⓘ
Lucius Verus’ Parthian War ⓘ
Mark Antony’s Parthian campaign ⓘ
Pompey’s eastern campaigns ⓘ
Severan campaigns against Parthia ⓘ
Trajan’s Parthian campaign ⓘ
location Arabia Petraea ⓘ
Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Persarmenia

Cappadocia ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East

Syria ⓘ
notableCommander Emperor Caracalla ⓘ
linked to: Caracalla

Emperor Carus ⓘ
Emperor Galerius ⓘ
linked to: Galerius

Emperor Heraclius ⓘ
linked to: Heraclius

Emperor Julian ⓘ
linked to: Julian the Apostate

Emperor Lucius Verus ⓘ
linked to: Lucius Verus

Emperor Septimius Severus ⓘ
linked to: Septimius Severus

Emperor Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Trajan

Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
opponent Parthian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
partOf Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
result Roman–Persian diplomatic treaties ⓘ
fluctuating Roman–Persian frontier ⓘ
heavy military and economic costs for Rome ⓘ
temporary Roman occupation of Mesopotamian cities ⓘ
startTime 1st century BCE ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Capture of Ctesiphon (165) → partOf → Roman eastern campaigns ⓘ
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo → notableWork → Roman campaigns in the East ⓘ
linked to: Roman eastern campaigns
Parthian occupation of Syria → relatedTo → Roman eastern campaigns ⓘ