Battle of Carrhae

War

Parthian forces crush the Roman army of Crassus, opening centuries of Roman–Iranian rivalry.

Related events

70★★★★★

Roman forces under Titus take Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War and destroy the Second Temple.

WarReligion· Israel, Palestine

117★★★★★

By the end of Emperor Trajan's reign the Roman Empire stretches from Britain to Mesopotamia.

Politics· Italy

323 BCE★★★★★

Alexander the Great dies in Babylon aged 32, leaving an empire stretching from Greece to India.

DeathPolitics· Iraq, Greece

224★★★★★

Ardashir I defeats the last Parthian king, founding the Sasanian Empire, the last Iranian empire before the rise of Islam.

DynastyWar· Iran, Iraq

October 331 BCE★★★★★

Alexander the Great defeats Darius III, sealing the fall of the Achaemenid Empire.

War· Iraq

235 – 284★★★★★

The Roman Empire nearly collapses under civil wars, invasions, plague and economic crisis until Diocletian's accession.

PoliticsEconomy· Italy