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List of conflicts between Romans and Persians

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The following is a list of wars fought between Romans and Iranians.

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Date War Belligerents Result Notes
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54–50 BCE First of the Roman–Persian Wars Roman Empire Parthian Empire Stalemate Roman invasion of 54 BCE under Crassus culminates in defeat at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BCE. Subsequent Parthian invasion of 51 BC under Pacorus I is repelled with their defeat in Syria following the Siege of Antioch (51 BC).[1][2][3]
40–38 BCE Pompeian–Parthian invasion Roman Empire

Parthian Empire

 Roman victory Status quo ante bellum
36–20 BCE Antony's Atropatene campaign Roman Empire Parthian Empire Parthian victory Status quo ante bellum
58–63 CE Roman–Parthian War Roman Empire Parthian Empire Inconclusive Treaty of Rhandeia
115–117 CE Trajan's Parthian campaign Roman Empire Parthian Empire Inconclusive Romans annex Mesopotamia for a brief time period and Adiabene, Roman withdrawal after death of Trajan.
161–166 CE Roman–Parthian War Roman Empire Parthian Empire Roman victory Arsacids re–establish themselves on the Armenian throne as Roman clients
Ctesiphon and Seleucia sacked
Rome has minor acquisitions in Mesopotamia
198 CE Roman–Parthian War of 194–198 Roman Empire Parthian Empire Roman victory Resulted in the sack of Ctesiphon following defeat of Vologases V and annexation of Mesopotamia and Osrhoene to the Empire.[4][5][6][7]
216–217 CE Parthian war of Caracalla Roman Empire Parthian Empire Parthian victory Status quo ante bellum
  • Romans are forced to pay tribute
229–233 CE First Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Inconclusive Both sides scored victories[8]
237–238 CE Second Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Sasanian victory Roman forces defeated
242–244 CE Sasanian campaign of Gordian III Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Sasanian victory Philip the Arab pays 500,000 denarii to the Sasanian Empire and cedes Armenia and Mesopotamia
Death of Gordian III
252–256 CE Shapur I's Invasion of Rome's Eastern Provinces Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Sasanian victory Sasanian invasion resulting in the sack of Antioch[9] and the plunder of numerous Roman territories and capture of slaves. Limited territorial gains.[10]
259–260 CE Shapur I's second invasion of Rome's Eastern Provinces Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Sasanian victory Roman Emperor Valerian captured at the Battle of Edessa.
261–266 CE Odaenathus' Sasanian Campaigns Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Disputed The importance of this campaign is disputed: while some sources say it was a total defeat for the Persian forces during their withdrawal from Roman territories,[11] others say it was a skirmish[12] or a minor incident turned by Roman historians and their modern successors into repeated routings of Shapur by an ally of Rome.[13]
283 CE Carus' Sasanian Campaign Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Inconclusive Withdrawal of the Roman forces
296–298 CE Galerius' Sasanian Campaigns Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Roman victory The Sasanians pay up 400,000 denarii to Rome
337–361 CE Perso-Roman wars of 337–361 Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Inconclusive The Romans under Constantius II were defeated in several sanguinary encounters, however, Shapur was unable to secure a decisive victory.
363 CE Julian's Persian expedition Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Sasanian victory Sasanians annex five regions and fifteen major fortresses from the Roman Empire along with the consequent annexation of Armenia
363–371 CE Armeno-Sassanid War of 363–371 Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Roman victory Persians depose Arshak II of Armenia

Armenia is put under Roman suzerainty through Pap of Armenia entronization.

421–422 CE Roman–Sasanian War Roman Empire Sasanian Empire Stalemate Status quo ante bellum
440 CE Byzantine–Sasanian War of 440 Byzantine Empire Sasanian Empire Inconclusive Status quo ante bellum
  • Both empires agree to battle northern nomads (Scythians)
502–506 CE Anastasian War Byzantine Empire Sasanian Empire Inconclusive Status quo ante bellum
  • Rome made some payments to the Sasanian Empire
526–532 CE Iberian War Byzantine Empire Sasanian Empire Inconclusive Sasanians retained Iberia, Byzantines retained Lazica
541–562 CE Lazic War Byzantine Empire Sasanian Empire Disputed Fifty–Year Peace Treaty
  • No clear winner emerged from the conflict, however, the Sasanian Empire held a slight advantage since Rome was required to pay a set amount to Persia annually.
572–591 CE Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 Byzantine Empire Sasanian Empire Byzantine victory Khosrow II is restored to the Sasanian throne, Byzantine Empire gets most of Persian Armenia and the western half of Iberia
602–628 CE Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Byzantine Empire Sasanian Empire Byzantine victory Status quo ante bellum
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