Mesopotamian Campaign of Ardashir I
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Was a military campaign by Sassanid King Ardashir I against the Roman Empire.
Chronology
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January 231: The Sassanid armies, led by King Ardashir I, invaded Roman Mesopotamia in 230. They besieged Roman garrisons along the Euphrates and attempted to conquer Nisibis, but were ultimately unsuccessful in their efforts.
January 239: It seems that during the reign of Maximinus the Thrax, the cities of the Roman province of Mesopotamia, Nisibis and Carrhae, were besieged and occupied by the Sassanids.
January 240: Sasanid conquest of Dura Europos.
January 241: Sasanian ruler Ardashir I finally managed to conquer and destroy the important stronghold city of Hatra, then occupying a large part of Roman Mesopotamia (including the legionary fortresses of Resaina and Singara, as well as the auxiliary fort of Zagurae, today's Ain Sinu), perhaps even arriving to besiege and occupy Antioch of Syria itself, as the fact that its mint stopped minting for the years 240 and 241 seems to suggest.
January 241: Hatra is besieged by the Sasanian Empire.
January 241: Sassanians occupied Caucasian Albanian around 240 AD.
May 241: Capture of Hatra by the Sasanians.
January 243: In the 3rd century, Ardashir I, marched on Oman and Bahrain, where he defeated Sanatruq the ruler of Bahrain.
February 240: Sasanid conquest of Dura Europos.
February 231: In 231 AD, the Sassanid armies, led by King Ardashir I, advanced into Roman Mesopotamia and besieged Roman garrisons along the Euphrates. They also attempted to conquer the city of Nisibis, but were ultimately unsuccessful in their efforts.
