That's the height of the Roman Empire, I think, after Trajan. The piece reaching the Persian Gulf was their most tenuously held territory. It was too far away to rule properly and the proto-muzzies were a wily bunch. I only remember that because Trajan built some monuments in Mesopotamia during the Parthinian Campaign.
I wanted to say Aurelian but I think Rome had given up on Germania by then and they only held Pannonia.
They had tried to keep control of those distant territories but the campaign ended in utter disaster because the Antonine Plague (measels or smallpox) basically killed all the legions that were sent. That was the last time they tried before pulling borders back to Turkey.
I wanted to say Aurelian but I think Rome had given up on Germania by then and they only held Pannonia.
They had tried to keep control of those distant territories but the campaign ended in utter disaster because the Antonine Plague (measels or smallpox) basically killed all the legions that were sent. That was the last time they tried before pulling borders back to Turkey.