bgr_586172 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - VOLOGASE VI Drachme

Parthia - UNITED PARTHIAN - Vologeses VI

(207-222)

Vologeses VI is the eldest son of Vologeses V (191-207) and the grand-son of Vologeses IV (147-191). After the disastrous reign of his father and the invasion of the kingdom, with the capture of Ctesiphon by Septimius Severus in 198, Vologeses VI must now face the son of Septimius Severus, Caracalla, which leads to 215 from a major campaign East. Vologeses VI is saved by the assassination of Caracalla by Macrinus in 217. Roman danger has passed, Vologeses has already had to get rid of his brother Artabanus IV (216-224) must face a new competitor, Ardashir (Artaxerxes), the Sassanid who dethroned his rival in the 222 and will perhaps put death six years later. A new empire was born.