Beate Dignas & Engelbert Winter - Kaveh Farrokh

2.1 The third century 21
Map 2: (cont.)
April 12 and September 30 of the year 240. 11 It was a blow to Rome because
controlling Hatra put the Persians in a much better strategic position in
northern Mesopotamia. The already strained diplomatic relations between
Rome and Persia took a turn for the worse when Ardaˇsīr I died. From a
Western perspective the conquest of Hatra was the cause of the new war
11 The conquest of Hatra is closely linked to the beginning of the reign of ˇ Sāpūr I; see 22 with further
references.