Notes for Vologaeses IV of PARTHIA


From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologases_IV

Vologases IV (Parthian: 𐭅𐭋𐭂𐭔 Walagash) was King of Kings of the
Parthian Empire from 147 to 191. He was the son of Mithridates V (r. 129-140).
Vologases spent the early years of his reign re-asserting Parthian control
over the Kingdom of Characene. From 161 to 166, he waged war against the Roman
Empire; although initially successful, conquering Armenia and Syria, he was
eventually pushed back, briefly losing control of the Parthian capitals of
Seleucia and Ctesiphon to the Romans. The Romans suffered heavy losses from a
plague erupting from Seleucia in 166, forcing them to withdraw. The war ended
soon afterward, with Vologases losing most of northern Mesopotamia to the
Romans. He died in 191 and was succeeded by his son Vologases V.
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Notes for Lucius Aemilius PAULLUS


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For other people with the same name, see Lucius Aemilius Paullus.
Lucius Aemilius Paullus
The Death of Paulus Aemilius at the Battle of Cannae (Yale University Art
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The Death of Paulus Aemilius at the Battle of Cannae by John Trumbull
Roman consul
Lucius Aemilius Paullus (died 2 August 216 BC) was a Roman consul twice, in
219 and 216 BC.

Paullus served his first consulship with Marcus Livius Salinator. During this
year, he defeated Demetrius of Pharos in the Second Illyrian War and forced
him to flee to the court of Philip V of Macedon. On his return to Rome, he was
awarded a triumph. He was subsequently charged, along with his colleague, with
unfairly dividing the spoils, although he was acquitted.[1]

During the Second Punic War, Paullus was made consul a second time and served
with Gaius Terentius Varro. He shared the command of the army with Varro at
the Battle of Cannae. Varro led out the troops against the advice of Paullus
and the battle became a crushing defeat for the Romans.[2] Paullus died in the
battle, while Varro managed to escape.[3]

In Silius Italicus' epic poem Punica, Paullus is described as killing the
Carthaginian commander Viriathus prior to his own death.[4]

Paullus was the father of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus and his
daughter, Aemilia Tertia, married Scipio Africanu
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