Reign of Vologases I
Vologases I gave the thrones of Media Atropatene and Armenia to his brothers, defended Armenia against Rome and promoted Iranian traditions: his coins were the first Arsacid issues with legends in the Parthian script and language.
- Date
- 51–78year known · duration: ≈ 27 years
- Place
- Ctesiphontoday: Salman Pak, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq · Middle East and Egypt
- Participants
- Vologases I, Parthian Empire, Tiridates I of Armenia, Kingdom of Armenia
- Threads
- Middle East and Egypt (1st–5th c.)
- Also known as
- Vologases I of Parthia; Вологез I
The son of Vonones II, Vologases came to the throne in 51. He gave Media Atropatene to his brother Pacorus and, after a Parthian invasion of Armenia around 53, made his brother Tiridates king there. A rebellion by his son Vardanes II and a revolt in Hyrcania kept him from defending Tiridates when Rome intervened, but the war of 58–63 ended in the compromise of Rhandeia: Tiridates kept Armenia and in 66 received his crown from Nero in Rome.
Vologases founded a new town in Babylonia, Vologasocerta (Valashabad), intending to break the hold of Greek merchants on trade, and Zoroastrian tradition credits him with ordering the texts of the Avesta to be collected. When Vespasian had won the civil war, in the winter of 69/70, Vologases offered him 40,000 horsemen, and Vespasian declined (Tacitus, Histories IV.51); around 72 the Alans invaded Media Atropatene and Armenia and withdrew with rich booty. He died in 78 and was succeeded by his son Pacorus II.
Connections
Related events
- Roman–Parthian War of 58–6358–63 · Middle East and Egyptthe war over the Armenian throne of his brother Tiridates
- The Alans appear on the Don and in the North Caucasusbetween 50 and 72 · Eastern Europearound 72 the Alans raided Media and Armenia
Same participants
- Nero crowns Tiridates I in Rome66 · Western and Central Europevia Parthian Empire
Same place
- Trajan’s Parthian campaign114–117 · Middle East and Egypt
- Roman–Parthian War of 161–166161–166 · Middle East and Egypt
- Reign of Vologases IV147–191 · Middle East and Egypt
- Siege of Baghdad29 January – 10 February 1258 · Middle East and Egypt
- Capture of Baghdad by Suleiman Ibetween November and December 1534 · Middle East and Egypt
Adjacent events in the thread
- First Jewish–Roman War66 – between 73 and 74 · Middle East and Egypt
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within a year of this event
Western and Central Europe
- Great Fire of Rome19 July 64 – c. 27 July 64
- Roman conquest of Britain43 – between 83 and 84
- Martyrdom of Peter and Paul in Romebetween 64 and 68
- Nero crowns Tiridates I in Rome66
- Boudica’s revoltbetween 60 and 61
+ 3 events
Eastern Europe
- Plautius Silvanus lifts the Scythian siege of Chersonesusbetween 61 and 66
- The Alans appear on the Don and in the North Caucasusbetween 50 and 72
- Roman–Bosporan War45–49
- Zarubintsy culturec. 200 BC – c. 200
Balkans and Anatolia
- Dioscorides’ De materia medicabetween 50 and 70
- Missionary journeys of Paulc. 46 – between 57 and 58
Africa
- Nero’s expedition to the sources of the Nilebetween 61 and 62
- Adulis and Aksum in the Periplus40s … 70s
- Temple of Apedemak at Naqabetween 1 BC and AD 70
Central and Northern Asia
- The burials of Tillya Tepe (the Bactrian Gold)between 16 and 100
- Ban Chao’s campaigns in the Tarim Basin73–102
- Kujula Kadphises founds the Kushan Empirebetween 20 and 50
South Asia
- Kushans conquer Gandhara and Taxilabetween 50 and 70
- Apostle Thomas in India (tradition)52 (?)
- Gandharan art: the first images of the Buddhabetween 30 BC and AD 100
- Gautamiputra Satakarni defeats Nahapanabetween 71 and 130
- Heyday of Indo-Roman trade: Muziris and Arikameduc. 30 BC – c. 250
East Asia
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Founding of Funan: Kaundinya and Queen Liuyebetween 1 and 100
- Óc Eo, the port of Funanbetween 1 and 100 – between 601 and 700
- Sa Huỳnh culturec. 1000 BC – c. 200
North America
- Hopewell traditionbetween 200 and 100 BC – c. 500
- Late Basketmaker II erac. 50 – c. 500
Latin America
- Monte Albán II: the Zapotec state expandsc. 100 BC – c. 200
- Rise of Teotihuacanc. 1 – c. 250
- Nazca culture and the Nazca Linesbetween 200 and 100 BC – between 500 and 800