Making sense of the past 202 decades of Western History one decade at a time. From 1 AD to the present day.
Curated by: 202 Decades (39 videos)
Rome reaches its greatest territorial heights as Emperor Trajan does his best Alexander the Great impression. His conquests took him through Armenia and into Parthia - spurred on by a Parthian civil war. The western half of Parthia including Babylon, Ctesiphon, and all of Mesopotamia were captured. Then, revolts ripped across Cyrenaica, Egypt, Cyprus, and Mesopotamia, tearing all of Trajan's conquests out of his hands (For even more 202 Decades content, subscribe to the 202 Decades of Western History podcast on your podcast app of choice)