Pausanias' Description of Greece

Osroes

Family: Parthians · Role: king · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 12

In Book 5, Chapter 12, Osroes is identified as a descendant of Arsaces. Trajan waged war against Osroes and the Parthians.

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  • Trajan waged war against Osroes and the Parthians.(Book 5 · Chapter 12)
    • With: Trajan Arsaces
    • “and waged war against Osroes (the descendant of Arsaces) and the Parthians.”

Book 5 · Chapter 12

  • enemies with Trajan “This last Emperor added the Getæ beyond Thrace to the Roman Empire, and waged war against Osroes (the descendant of Arsaces) and the Parthians.”
  • with Arsaces (Osroes is identified as a descendant of Arsaces.) “Osroes (the descendant of Arsaces)”
  • with Arsaces (Arsaces was an ancestor of Osroes.) “This last Emperor added the Getæ beyond Thrace to the Roman Empire, and waged war against Osroes (the descendant of Arsaces) and the Parthians.”

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