{"slug": "mesopotamia-roman-province", "label": "Mesopotamia (Roman province)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia_%28Roman_province%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765845", "qid": "Q765845", "description": "Province of the Roman Empire", "entries": 12, "years": 11, "span": [195, 506], "span_label": ["195 CE", "506 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 10}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "shapur-ii", "label": "Shapur II", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "constantius-ii", "label": "Constantius II", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sasanian-empire", "label": "Sasanian Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "nusaybin", "label": "Nusaybin", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "christians", "label": "Christians", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-armenia-antiquity", "label": "Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "euphrates", "label": "Euphrates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "macedonia-roman-province", "label": "Macedonia (Roman province)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 195, "year_label": "195 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371314035#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 195", "revid": 1371314035, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 230, "year_label": "230 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ardashir I of the Persian Empire invades the Roman province of Mesopotamia, and unsuccessfully besieges the fortress town of Nisibis (Turkey). His army threatens the border outposts of Syria and Cappadocia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371190910#Persian_Empire", "title": "230", "revid": 1371190910, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": 237, "year_label": "237 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ardashir I of Persia renews his attacks on the Roman province of Mesopotamia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1310907306#Persia", "title": "237", "revid": 1310907306, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 337, "year_label": "337 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Shapur II of Persia begins a war against the Roman Empire. He sends his troops across the Tigris to recover Armenia and Mesopotamia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342549552#Persia", "title": "337", "revid": 1342549552, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 338, "year_label": "338 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Shapur II, king of the Persian Empire, begins a widespread persecution of Christians. He orders forcible conversions to the state religion, Zoroastrianism, lest the Christians disrupt his realm while he is away fighting the Romans in Armenia and Mesopotamia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267075323#Persia", "title": "338", "revid": 1267075323, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 339, "year_label": "339 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Constantius II hastens to his territory in the East, where a revived Persia under King Shapur II is attacking Mesopotamia. For the next 11 years, the two powers engage in a war of border skirmishing, with no real victor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355371026#Roman_Empire", "title": "339", "revid": 1355371026, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 341, "year_label": "341 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Thousands of Christians are executed at Seleucia in Mesopotamia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1317828287#Religion", "title": "341", "revid": 1317828287, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 344, "year_label": "344 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Shapur II, for the second time, besieges the Roman fortress of Nisibis in eastern Mesopotamia, but is repulsed by forces under General Lucilianus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1314901826#Roman_Empire", "title": "344", "revid": 1314901826, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 344, "year_label": "344 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Eastern Roman Emperor Constantius II campaigns in eastern Mesopotamia, against the Sassanid Persians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1314901826#Roman_Empire", "title": "344", "revid": 1314901826, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 358, "year_label": "358 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Constantius II builds new forts to secure upper Mesopotamia. Persia's king Shapur II sends an emissary to Constantinople with gifts and a letter wrapped in white silk. He requests that Constantius return the lands of his ancestors from the Euphrates to the frontier of Macedonia. Constantius tactfully refuses to cede any territories.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267077925#Roman_Empire", "title": "358", "revid": 1267077925, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 363, "year_label": "363 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Jovian negotiates a disastrous peace with Persia, surrendering four of the five Roman provinces gained by Caesar Galerius in 298, and the cities Nisibis and Singara (Mesopotamia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307501#Roman_Empire", "title": "363", "revid": 1367307501, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 506, "year_label": "506 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November", "text": "November – Emperor Anastasius I accepts a peace agreement with the Sasanian Empire (Persia), based on the status quo. He upgrades the fortifications at Batnae, Edessa and Amida (Northern Mesopotamia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364757912#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "506", "revid": 1364757912, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}