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The Battle of Nisibis: Parthia VS Rome

By Edward Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The Battle of Nisibis (217 AD) was the last battle between the Roman and the Parthian Empire. They had battled each other regularly for almost three centuries. This two-day battle was a particularly brutal and bloody one. The Background to the Battle of Nisibis Caracalla was one of