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The roman eastern frontier and the persian wars ad 226-363. The coming to power of the sassanian dynasty in iran in ad 224 opens a new chapter in the struggle for hegemony in the near east. Till then, rome"s fortunes had fared reasonably well in its perennial con ict with the parthians. Trajan"s sweeping conquests at the beginning of the second century in mesopotamia were mostly abandoned by his immediate successors, roman power gradually reasserted itself east of the euphrates as the century progressed. The parthian wars of lucius verus in 165 saw the formal incorporation of the euphrates corridor into the roman sphere of in uence with roman troops garrisoned as far south as salihiye (dura. The oasis city of palmyra, a roman colony since the time of. Hadrian, contributed to the stability on the southern anks by acting as policeman of the syrian.
