<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kuka - 44 BC, uJulius Caesar wamemezela izinhloso zakhe zokuhlasela iPhthia nokubuyisela amandla amaRoma eMpumalanga. Izizathu zakhe kwakuwukujezisa amaParthians ngokusiza uPompey empini yakamuva yombango, ukuphindisela ukunqotshwa kukaCrassus eCarrhae, futhi ikakhulukazi ukufanisa inkazimulo ka - Alexander Omkhulu. Nokho, ngaphambi kokuba aqale umkhankaso wakhe, uKhesari wabulawa. Njengengxenye yokuvumelana phakathi kuka - Antony namaRiphabhulikhi ukuze kubuyiswe ukuhleleka ngemva kokubulawa kukaKesari, uPublius Cornelius Dolabella wanikezwa isikhundla sokuba umbusi waseSiriya futhi alawule umkhankaso kaKesari owawuhlelelwe amaPartian. Nokho, lesi sivumelwano asizange sigcine, futhi amaRiphabhulikhi aphoqeleka ukuba abalekele eMpumalanga. AmaRiphabhlikhi ayala uQuintus Labienus ukuba adonse amaParthi ukuba abe sohlangothini lwawo empini eyalandela yokulwa no - Antony no - Octavian  <response>: . futhi. Ngemva kokunqotshwa kwamaRiphabhlikhi eMpini YaseFilipi, uLabienus wajoyina amaParthians. Naphezu kweziyaluyalu zangaphakathi zaseRoma ngaleso sikhathi, amaParthians awazange azuze ngokushesha ekungeneni kwamandla eMpumalanga ngenxa yokungafuni kuka-Orodes II naphezu kokuncenga kukaLabienus okuphambene nalokho. 