Third Valkyrur-Seleucid War
The Third Valkyrur-Seleucid War, known in Seleucid sources as the Great Western Border War, was a third conflict from the Valkyrur-Seleucid Wars fought from 134 to 139 CE. The War is also considered to be the bloodiest, given the span of theaters stretching from the Cimmerian Bosporus to Egypia, and the total amount of troops numbering 600,000 to 1 million.
The conflict began with the Valkyrur invasion of Macedonna, and intensified with the eventual capture of Seleucia on the Istros and the invasion of the Kingdom of Pontus. Seleucus XII Tryphon, declaring this to be a violation of the Treaty of Pella, raised as many as 70 legions to counter the Valkyrur offensive and answering the call of Pairisades VI of Pontus for assistance; these legions were then partitioned towards three field commanders assigned to a specific region. He also declared for two fleets purposed for countering the Valkyrur fleets in the Mediterranean and Euxine Seas primarily. Both sides fought intensely, however the Valkyrur, enhanced in military technology, held the upper hand against the Seleucids in the first two years, particularly in the Cyrenaica, Tauris and Western Thrace campaigns. Two turning points came in the third year of the conflict, noted by historians as the Battles of Alexandria, Tanais, Seleucia Axeinos and Cyprus. In the later years of the War, the tide fell to the Seleucids, despite major setbacks at Kimmerikon, Memphis and Iraklio and Dia. The War then ended with a Seleucid victory, and Ahushomr'Thalas was forced to pay war reparations of what would today be amounted to $500,000,000 and cede their conquered territories and present-day Rumania and northern Ramuncia to the Empire.
The War would consolidate the Seleucid Empire's status as one of antiquity's great superpowers, and reduce the Valkyrur state into a tributary.