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Name: Persian Invasion (Antony's Atropatene campaign)

Type: Event

Start: 40 BC

End: 39 BC

Parent: Antony's Atropatene campaign

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Was the Persian invasion of the Roman Republic during Mark Antony's Parthian War.

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  • January 39 BC: A Parthian army led by Pacorus, son the Parthian king, invaded Palestine and reached Jerusalem.
  • March 40 BC: The Parthians conquered Syria (with the exception of Tyre), and Anatolia up to Caria including Cappadocia, Commagene and Galatia
  • March 40 BC: The Liberatores were defeated by the Triumvirs at the Battle of Philippi in October 42 BC.
  • March 40 BC: While Mark Antony was staying in Alexandria, the situation in the Eastern Roman provinces had worsened. Urged by the local potentates dethroned by the triumvir to invade Syria and Asia, the Parthians had decided to go on the attack. In February 40 BC. the Parthian army led by Quintus Labienus and Pacorus, the son of King Orodes II, crossed the Euphrates and attacked Apamea.

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