Battle of Ctesiphon (198)

Part of the Roman-Persian Wars

Date	198
Location	Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia
Result	Roman victory

Belligerents

Roman Empire

Parthian Empire

Commanders and leaders

Septimius Severus

Vologases V

Roman–Persian
Wars

Roman–Parthian Wars

Carrhae
Cilician Gates
Amanus Pass
Mt Gindarus
Mark Antony's campaigns
Armenian War of 58–63
Trajan's Parthian campaign
Lucius Verus' campaigns
2nd Ctesiphon
Nisibis

Roman–Sassanid Wars

Resaena
Misiche
Barbalissos
Edessa
Singara
Amida
3rd Ctesiphon
Samarra

Byzantine–Sassanid Wars

War of 421–422
Anastasian War
Iberian War
Lazic War
War of 572–591
War of 602–628

The Battle of Ctesiphon was another successful capture of the severely weakened Parthian capital by Roman forces under Septimus Severus. Unlike previous captures, the Parthians were unable to recover fully from this one. In 224 AD, after numerous concessions to the Romans and vassal Kingdoms, a Sassanid king overthrew the Parthians and started the Roman-Sassanid Wars.