... was also known for being very interested in amusements and luxury. But Marcus Aurelius surrounded Lucius with some of the best generals in Rome at the time such as Avidius Cassius. From 162 on Rome's successes and conquests were extensive. Most of Parthia's large cities and strongholds, like the cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon were stormed and destroyed and the army ... and Sarmatia afterwards, getting rid of the Hungarian Plain and the headwaters of the Elbe as staging areas for invasion. This process was interrupted by the action of general Avidius Cassius, governor of Syria, who cla...

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