The practice of the empire was to include auxiliary units of locals into a regular Roman army and dromedarii played a significant role in the war efforts against Parthian and Sassanid states.

He conquered Dacia (now part of Romania), which provided land for Roman settlers and rich pickings from gold and salt mines. He then attacked the Parthians, Rome’s old enemy in the East ...

The aureus depicts the emperor Trajan, with a propaganda image of Parthian kings surrendering to the emperor on the rear.

He established the new, Flavian dynasty. Born to a Roman knight and tax-collector, Vespasian was a man of relatively humble origins and played on these roots to great political advantage.

A large fortified city under the influence of the Parthian Empire and capital of the first Arab Kingdom, Hatra withstood invasions by the Romans in A.D. 116 and 198 thanks to its high, thick walls ...