Trajan's Capture of Ctesiphon (116)

116 CE · Ktesifon, Irak · military

Trajan took the Parthian capital and declared Mesopotamia a Roman province.

Yet the revolts that followed, and the withdrawal ordered by Hadrian on his accession, erased these gains.

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What was Trajan's Capture of Ctesiphon (116)?
Trajan took the Parthian capital and declared Mesopotamia a Roman province.
When did Trajan's Capture of Ctesiphon (116) happen?
116 CE
Where did Trajan's Capture of Ctesiphon (116) take place?
Ktesifon, Irak