{"slug": "osroene", "label": "Osroene", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osroene", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237234", "qid": "Q237234", "description": "historical Arab kingdom in Upper Mesopotamia; semi-autonomous or independent from 132 BCE to 244 CE; Roman province from 244–608 CE", "entries": 14, "years": 14, "span": [-67, 503], "span_label": ["68 BCE", "503 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anastasius-i-dicorus", "label": "Anastasius I Dicorus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tigris", "label": "Tigris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edessa", "label": "Edessa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kavadh-i", "label": "Kavadh I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "euphrates", "label": "Euphrates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-province", "label": "Roman province", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-emperor", "label": "Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "praetorian-guard", "label": "Praetorian Guard", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caracalla", "label": "Caracalla", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -67, "year_label": "68 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Abgar II becomes ruler of Osroene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295045889#Osroene", "title": "68 BC", "revid": 1295045889, "section": "Events › By place › Osroene"}}, {"year": -25, "year_label": "26 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Abgar III of Osroene is succeeded by Abgar IV Sumaqa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369286058#Osroene", "title": "26 BC", "revid": 1369286058, "section": "Events › By place › Osroene"}}, {"year": -22, "year_label": "23 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Ma'nu III Saphul becomes ruler of Osroene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1287237096#Osroene", "title": "23 BC", "revid": 1287237096, "section": "Events › By place › Osroene"}}, {"year": 7, "year_label": "7 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "AD 7 – Abgarus of Edessa is deposed as king of Osroene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365712040#Roman_Empire", "title": "0s", "revid": 1365712040, "section": "Events › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 13, "year_label": "13 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Abgarus of Edessa is reinstalled as king of Osroene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371078816#Roman_Empire", "title": "10s", "revid": 1371078816, "section": "Events › 13 AD › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 50, "year_label": "50 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Abgar V, Roman client king of Osroene (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373339620#50_AD", "title": "50s", "revid": 1373339620, "section": "Deaths › 50 AD"}}, {"year": 114, "year_label": "114 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The kingdom of Osroene becomes a vassal kingdom of the Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330326111#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 114", "revid": 1330326111, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 116, "year_label": "116 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Abgar VII, ruler of Osroene (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330326275#Deaths", "title": "AD 116", "revid": 1330326275, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 118, "year_label": "118 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Osroene is returned to native rule by the Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330326548#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 118", "revid": 1330326548, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 199, "year_label": "199 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371314736#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 199", "revid": 1371314736, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 214, "year_label": "214 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The kingdom of Osroene becomes a province of the Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371187273#Roman_Empire", "title": "214", "revid": 1371187273, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 217, "year_label": "217 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Caracalla is assassinated by his soldiers near Edessa. Marcus Opellius Macrinus, head of the Praetorian Guard, declares himself Roman emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371227173#Roman_Empire", "title": "217", "revid": 1371227173, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 244, "year_label": "244 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The vassal Upper Mesopotamian kingdom of Osroene is absorbed into the Roman Empire, its last ruler being Abgar (XI) Farhat Bar Ma’nu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371227716#Roman_Empire", "title": "244", "revid": 1371227716, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 503, "year_label": "503 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "War with Sassanid Persia: Emperor Anastasius I sends a Byzantine army (52,000 men) to Armenia, but is defeated. The Romans attempt an unsuccessful siege of the Persian-held city Amida, on the Tigris. King Kavadh I invades Osroene, and lays siege to the city of Edessa (Northern Mesopotamia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364904019#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "503", "revid": 1364904019, "section": "Events › Byzantine Empire"}}]}