Vologases V was a Parthian king who reigned at a time when the Parthian Empire was in collapse.
Parthia and Rome were at war for hundreds of years, and when Vologasis V became the lord of the Parthian Empire, the Parthian Empire had been defeated in the Middle East for nearly a hundred years, first losing Syria and then losing northwestern Iraq, the national war was at a disadvantage, and the domestic nobles and countries thought that if it weren't for the Romans also having their own troubles, the history of the Parthian Empire would almost come to an end to Vologasis V.
Vologasis VI was the successor of Vologasis V, he did not change the decline of the war with the outside world, and because of the continuous tax increases, the domestic aristocracy was angered, and many nobles of the Parthian Empire instigated his brother Artaban IV to rebel, and the Parthian Empire fell into division.
Later, Artaban IV, who had many nobles, defeated Vologasis VI and took control of the Parthian Empire, but Vologis VI retained his rule over the Babylonian region and controlled it even after the fall of the Parthian Empire.
By the time Artaban IV ascended the throne, the Parthian Empire was already in decline.
From the outside, it was mainly the military pressure exerted by Rome and the endless rebellions at home that left the last generations of the Parthian Empire in a state of frills.
Since the Parthians were also regarded by the Persians as foreign rulers in the Iranian region, their life was even more difficult.
The Parthians were not Persians, they were descendants of the remnants of Alexander the Great's crusades, and when it comes to the Seleucid Empire, they were actually some Greeks or mixtures of Greek race and other races.
The Seleucid Empire came to an end in history, and the establishment of Parthia was the result of the Seleucid Empire being swept into the dustbin of history.
Later, of course, the Greeks and the Greeks took control of the new state of Parthia, but the Persians firmly controlled the Iranian region, forming a political pattern in which the Persians controlled the eastern part of Parthia, including the Greeks and the multi-ethnic people who controlled the rest of Parthia.
Shortly after the accession of Artaban IV in 216 AD, the Roman Emperor Caracalla, known for his brutality and debauchery, invaded Parthia.
The battle was fought mainly in the territory of Parthia, which caused Parthia considerable damage.
But in 217, the insane and unpopular Caracalla was assassinated, and Artaban IV succeeded in defeating his successors and driving the Romans out of the Battle of Nisibis, Iran.
However, Ardashir, the governor of Fars, who had always been independent, and who later became Ardashir I of the Persian Sassanid Empire, finally challenged Ardaban IV.
Ardaban IV was killed in the Battle of the Olmiz Dagan Plains.
Ardashir continued to conquer the country, and the Sassanid Empire of Persia was established.
The collapse and demise of the Parthian Empire was due to external pressure and internal problems, which forced the rulers to continuously raise taxes, resulting in not only the despair of the common people against the rulers, but also the major nobles rebelled one after another.
In just three or four years, the country's annual military spending has increased by almost five times, not to mention that the financial situation of the Persian Sassanids has always been a little bad, even if their financial situation is good, in just a few years, it has suddenly doubled again and again, and has increased to almost five times the military expenditure, not only for the Persian Sasanians, it should be said that it is only a fatal thing for any country.
"We are now very similar in some ways to the end of the Parthian Empire."
Cambyses couldn't help but fight a cold war: "For example, at the end of the Parthian Empire, there were constant rebellions in the country, and now we are facing constant rebellions from Arabs and other ethnic groups. ” Zhuxia has a saying that history is a mirror, and as long as other countries or nations have historical records, then they must have similar views.
In the face of the continuous rebellion of various ethnic groups led by Arabs, the Persian Sassanid has had little stability in the western part of the country for decades, and it is estimated that it would not be much better if it were not for the fact that the east is mainly dominated by Persians.
The key is that because of the "birth" of the Han Empire in the east, the Han Empire has shown a strong desire for expansion.
"In fact, we all know that the defense chain in the east is built to pacify."
Ksiaias looked at the Han army who were hurrying to the side, and most of the time his eyes were staring at the cannon being pulled away: "What kind of fortifications can defend against such sharp weapons?"
The eyes of the people in the car were all moving past, and everyone was full of powerlessness from their faces to their minds.
It doesn't matter if there is a "time gap" in Persian, they only know that the Han people are already using firearms, but they are still twisting the blades.
Each nation can exist naturally has its own advantages, the Persians are not without their own glorious history, perhaps it should be said that the Persians not only have their own glorious history, but also have achieved the glorious role of becoming the great demon king of the known world.
The glory of the Persians was interrupted by the Greeks, who struggled for hundreds of years before they got back on their feet, and before they could rejoice in the fall of the Greeks, the Romans replaced the Greeks as their eternal enemies.
It is already very difficult for a country to have a strong enemy, especially when the Persian Sassanid faced Rome most of the time was in a weak position, they were celebrating that Rome had become weak because of the civil war, and countless Persians thought that it should be when the Persians pressed the Romans and bullied them fiercely, and suddenly found that a more powerful country appeared in their east, and I don't know how many people burst into tears in an instant.
"All we should do now is pray."
Xeias was not a devout believer, and the more he understood the gap, the more he felt the urge to resign himself to fate: "Pray that our friendship with the Han people will last forever." ” The Persians are all silent, they can only pray that the Han people are not hostile to their country, and do not want to see the two countries enter a state of war, otherwise there will be a long journey of the Han Empire to attack from the land in the east, and there will be a Han Empire navy in the southwest and a steady stream of troops by sea.
"The Romans are still the ones we should be most careful about."
Cambyses did not believe at all in what the Romans were talking about friendship: "Historically, they have been treacherous more than once. ” Purely measured by the credibility of the country, from the perspective of the Persians and a series of studies, the Romans really did not have any credibility at all, but after research, it was found that as long as the Han people spoke by the people who ruled the world, they belonged to the "king without jokes".
The Persians had always hoped that Liu Yan would talk about his friendship with Sasanian in public, and they knew that as long as Liu Yan thought that Sasanid was a country that could coexist peacefully, then no matter what kind of feelings the rest of the Han people had about Sasani, the Han Empire's national policy towards Sasanid would basically be set.
It is a pity that Liu Yan never told in public about which country he had a good impression of, but on several private occasions he mentioned sympathy for the Persians suffering from the long-term invasion of the Romans.
Just Liu Yan expressed his sympathy for the invasion of Persia to Ye Na, which made the Persians who knew about it feel extremely happy.
They think so, although it is a shame to gain sympathy, in a way it proves that Liu Yan has a certain affection for Sasan, so can it show that Liu Yan has no ill will towards Sasan At present, most countries are the supreme ruler who can do it with the constitution of heaven, once the supreme ruler decides on a thing, then it is equivalent to determining the direction of the national policy, and can win the favor of a strong king, and the inferior power is a plus, and for the weak country, it may be the key to the life and death of the country.
"The princess is pregnant."
Cambyses thought it was too good news to be true, with a fly in the ointment: "The princess of Rome was also conceived." ” After becoming the emperor, Liu Yan was in a state of no big things to do for nearly half a year, and there were so many fresh and lovely people in the harem, as a man, he would inevitably have a desire to hunt for beauty.
The harem concubines continued to conceive, and not only the countries were happy, but the ministers of the Han Empire were also happy.
The small number of royal families is not a good thing for a country, and it can even be said to be a major event that is enough to shake the country's foundation.
To say something unpleasant, if something bad happens when the royal family is scarce, the probability of being able to take the lead is greater under the premise that there are more people in the world.
"If there is only one baby boy left, I will ask His Majesty to grant the baby boy a fief in Syria."
It was after much deliberation that Ksiaias made up his mind, and he told another piece of news about the Romans: "Another of their princesses had a similar plan. ” Helena's plan was not to draw a baby with royal blood from the Han Empire into the quagmire of the Middle East, she was planning Egypt.
Egypt was currently Julian's fiefdom, and she had to convince Julian not only to convince her, but also to pass through Constantius II.
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"This is a very risky one," Cambyses said without concealment: "Letting a prince with the royal blood of the Han Empire intervene in Syria will make Rome jealous, but it will also give the Han Empire a reason to intervene." ” "So it is also a test of the Han Empire's attitude towards our country."
It is impossible for Ksiaias not to think of that layer, and still decided to implement it with a great determination: "If you determine the attitude of the Han Empire as soon as possible, you don't have to have so many hesitations and concerns. ” If it was confirmed that the Han Empire would not coexist peacefully with the Sassanids, they would not have to worry about the follow-up of the repeated tax increases, and all the preconditions would have to be replaced by planning to resist the invasion from the Han Empire at all costs.
"The most important thing now is the side of the Romans."
Cambyses did not believe in the Romans, but he understood that it was not a problem at all, and that it was the Sassanids who needed to stabilize Rome: "No matter what the Han Empire really thinks about us, we need to put down the rebellion in the country with all our might." ” The Persians had always been well aware that the Romans were supporting the rebels.
They themselves did not support the Roman nobles who were dissatisfied with the House of Constantine, they had dealings with Rome, and the understanding reached was that the Romans would stop supporting the rebels, and they themselves would no longer support the Roman nobles, and the two sides agreed that no written records would be left behind.
However, the rebel forces in Sassanid do not seem to have been cut off from support at all, and a few rebel forces are even more financially powerful than before.
When they confronted the Romans, they were told that the Romans denied having anything to do with them, and that the Romans alluded to the Han Chinese.
"Although there is no evidence, not even the slightest trace of it," Cambyses said firmly, "it must have been done by the Han Chinese." ” But so what, even if you can come up with evidence, is Sassanid going to war with the Han Empire?
Sassanid has been avoiding bad relations with the Han Empire now, and is deeply afraid of entering a state of war with the Han Empire, and even doing things that disregard the national body such as sending beautiful women, even knowing that the Han people support some rebel forces in the country, they have to be patient.
"So it would be a way for Ye Na's heirs to get involved in that quagmire."
The word "wolf in" is not included in the dictionary of Xeias, and there may be a related notion that the reason for the Han Empire to intervene is ranked second in the second order compared to the suppression of the rebellion: "We all know that there are only interests between the state and the state, so give the Han Empire enough benefits, all in order to buy more time." ” It was not so obvious before, but after the emergence of the Han Empire, many high-ranking people in Persia could be regarded as experiencing the sorrow and helplessness of the weak.
"We are now right in the middle of two empires."
Cambyses subconsciously glanced at the position of the Romans, and then looked at the Han army that was marching: "Those fools in the country want to win over the Han Empire to deal with the Romans, but they didn't think that even if there is a coalition, the most suitable thing is for the Han and Romans to unite to flank us." ” The original intention of the Persian Sassanids to contact the Han Empire was to deal with the Romans, and they did not have enough knowledge of the strength of the Han Empire at first, and happily united the Han Chinese and other small states to send the Gupta Empire to the sacrifice table.
Waiting for the Gupta Empire to be destroyed by the Han army relatively easily, the Persians were dumbfounded and shocked for a moment, only to realize that things were not as they imagined, and that the Han Empire had no difficulty in destroying the Gupta Empire at all, and that they had made serious mistakes in their assessment of the strength of the Han Empire.
"Where there is a will, there is a way, the cauldron is broken, and the one hundred and two Qin passes belong to Chu after all; Hard-working people, the sky does not bear, lying on the salary to taste the gall, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu.
Ksiaias forgot where he had heard the above sentence, but thought it was extremely reasonable: "Patience, endure, endure, until the day comes when you have the ability to say no":