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Vologases IV of Parthia ruled the
Parthian Empire from
147 to
191. The son of
Mithridates IV of Parthia (129–140), he united the two halves of the empire which had been split between his father and
Vologases III of Parthia (105–147). He also reconquered the kingdom of
Characene which seems to have been independent since the Roman invasion of the Parthian empire under
Trajan (98–117). Vologases IV may be the king Volgash of the
Zoroastrian tradition, who began the gathering of the writings of
Zoroaster.
Conflicts with
Rome began in about
155 with a dispute, as usual, over the kingdom of
Armenia. In
162–
166 the Parthians attacked the
Roman Empire under
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. In this war the city of
Seleucia on the Tigris was destroyed and the palace at the capital
Ctesiphon was burned to the ground by
Avidius Cassius in
165. The Roman legions advanced as far as
Media. Vologases IV made peace but was forced to cede western
Mesopotamia to the Romans.
The end of his reign was marred by the revolt of
Osroes II of Parthia (190), who appears to have set himself up in
Media as a rival King in hope of succeeding Vologases IV. In the event,
Vologases V (191–208) of the Arsacid dynasty's Armenian cadet branch won the succession, and appears to have quickly put down Osroes II.
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