Rome vs. Parthia, essay help?

[Nihonius Legio]

Hi Jared,
if you're continuing with an essay on Rome and Germania, please continue in another thread in this section.

I'm actually not totally sure what my topic is going to be yet. Based on all your knowledge of the subject, which tells me the Romans were actually pretty successful in their Eastern campaigns, I may actually just write an essay which (hopefully) verifies this. Not sure if I can get 15 pages out of that, but I'm still thinking.
My paper on the Roman use of fear turned out great. It's an interesting topic spanning a great deal of time and space. Sadly, an essay that argues that the Romans generally fulfilled their campaign goals just seems a little less lustrous to me. So I'd still like to think this over a bit, and maybe get inspirired toward some amazing topic or other...