"Parthia Capta": la última "res gesta" del emperador Trajano

espanolEl ano 114 d.C. Trajano emprende la ultima y mas gloriosa de sus hazanas: la guerra contra el imperio parto, que concluiria con la derrota de sus adversarios, la conquista de su capital Ctesifonte y la creacion de tres nuevas provincias: Armenia, Mesopotamia y Asiria, por lo cual el senado le honro con los titulos de "Optimus Augustus" y el cognomen "devictae gentis", "Parthicus". Su repentina muerte en Selinunte, ciudad de Cilicia, en agosto del 117 d.C. y la decision de su sucesor, Adriano, de abandonar el territorio conquistado nos han privado de conocer el final de tan exitosa empresa EnglishThe year 114 AD Trajan undertakes the last and most glorious of his deeds: the war against the Parthian empire, which would conclude with the defeat of his adversaries, the conquest of his capital Ctesiphon and the creation of three new provinces: Armenia, Mesopotamia and Assyria. Then the Senate honored him with the titles of "Optimus Augustus" and the "cognomen devictae gentis", "Parthicus". His sudden death in August 117 AD in Selinunte, a city of Cilicia, and the decision by his successor Hadrian of forsaking the conquered territory have deprived us of knowing the end of such a successful campaign