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<p>[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 3026072, member: 77226"]Was it the peace along the Danube or with the Sassanids... or both?</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus</a></i></p><p><i>"Having defeated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadi" rel="nofollow">Quadi</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarmatians" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarmatians" rel="nofollow">Sarmatians</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube" rel="nofollow">Danube</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-17" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-17" rel="nofollow">[17]</a> for which he was given the title Germanicus Maximus,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-18" rel="nofollow">[18]</a> Carus proceeded through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace" rel="nofollow">Thrace</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor" rel="nofollow">Asia Minor</a>, annexed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" rel="nofollow">Mesopotamia</a>, pressed on to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucia_on_the_Tigris" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucia_on_the_Tigris" rel="nofollow">Seleucia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon" rel="nofollow">Ctesiphon</a>, and marched his soldiers beyond the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris" rel="nofollow">Tigris</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-19" rel="nofollow">[19]</a></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" rel="nofollow">Sassanid King</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahram_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahram_II" rel="nofollow">Bahram II</a>, limited by internal opposition and his troops occupied with a campaign in modern-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" rel="nofollow">Afghanistan</a>, could not effectively defend his territory.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-20" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-20" rel="nofollow">[20]</a> The victories of Carus avenged all the previous defeats suffered by the Romans against the Sassanids, and he received the title of Persicus Maximus.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-21" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-21" rel="nofollow">[21]</a>"</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 3026072, member: 77226"]Was it the peace along the Danube or with the Sassanids... or both? [I] [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus[/url] "Having defeated the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadi']Quadi[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarmatians']Sarmatians[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube']Danube[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-17'][17][/URL] for which he was given the title Germanicus Maximus,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-18'][18][/URL] Carus proceeded through [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace']Thrace[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor']Asia Minor[/URL], annexed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia']Mesopotamia[/URL], pressed on to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucia_on_the_Tigris']Seleucia[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon']Ctesiphon[/URL], and marched his soldiers beyond the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris']Tigris[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-19'][19][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanid_Empire']Sassanid King[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahram_II']Bahram II[/URL], limited by internal opposition and his troops occupied with a campaign in modern-day [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL], could not effectively defend his territory.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-20'][20][/URL] The victories of Carus avenged all the previous defeats suffered by the Romans against the Sassanids, and he received the title of Persicus Maximus.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus#cite_note-21'][21][/URL]"[/I][/QUOTE]
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