A flaw in the inscriptions is that they put the entries concerning Laelianus' activities in the Parthian War under Lucius Verus. This war transpired over the years 161 through 166; Valarie Maxfield observes, "If he was aged twenty at the time of his tribunate he will have been nearly 60 when he accompanied Verus to the Parthian war, earning "dona" on the consular scale of four "coronae" and (probably) four "hastae" and four "vexilla"." During that war, Laelianus opposed Germanic tribes, the Sarmatians, Armenians and Parthia; for his efforts, Laelianus was awarded "dona militaria".