Vologeses IV
king of Parthia
Vologeses IV (or III) (died ad 192) was the king of Parthia (reigned 148β192). In the early part of his reign he was able to restore the internal unity of the Parthian empire; in 161, however, he invaded Cappadocia and Syria and as a consequence was attacked by a powerful Roman expedition (162β165). Doura-Europus and Seleucia were destroyed, and the Parthian royal palace at Ctesiphon, in Babylonia, was burned; the Romans even advanced into Media....