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Theocritus as the leader of the invasion, which eventually ended in a disaster. Caracalla then once again sought to start a war with the Parthians. In another attempt to gain a pretext, he requested Artabanus to marry his daughter, which he declined. It is disputed whether Caracalla's proposal
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sought to take advantage of the conflict between the two brothers. He tried to find a pretext to invade the
Parthian Empire by requesting Vologases to send two refugeesβa philosopher named Antiochus and a certain Tiridates, who was possibly either an Armenian prince or an uncle of Vologases. To the
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was sincere or not. Caracalla's choice to contact
Artabanus shows that the latter was now considered the dominant king over Vologases, who would rule a small principality centered around Seleucia until 221/2. A few years later (224),
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surprise of the Romans, Vologases had the two men sent to
Caracalla in 215, thus denying him his pretext. Caracalla's choice of contacting Vologases instead of Artabanus shows that the Romans still saw him as the dominant king.
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Arsacid dynasty".
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Schippmann, K. (1986a). "Artabanus (Arsacid kings)".
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Chaumont, M. L.; Schippmann, K. (1988). "BalΔΕ‘ VI".
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67:Predecessor
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