jan 1, 66 - Nero crowns Tiridates in Rome

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Tiridates I, the first king of the Arsacid dynasty, was the brother of the Parthian monarch. On his gaining the Armenian throne, Rome sensed that Parthia was gaining too great an ascendancy in Armenia and an army was despatched whose varying fortunes are vividly described by Tacitus. Eventually the parties compromised; a negotiated settlement was reaches and in 66 AD Tiridates was crowned in Rome by Nero

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