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    BC. Considered one of the greatest of his dynasty to ever rule, he was known as Mithridates the Great in antiquity. Mithridates II was crowned king after...
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  • Great Mithridates II of Parthia (r. 124–88 BC) also known as Mithridates the Great Mithridates III of Parthia (r. 87–80 BC) Mithridates IV of Parthia (r...
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    Mithridates I (also spelled Mithradates I or Mihrdad I; Parthian: 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt), also known as Mithridates I the Great, was king of the Parthian...
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    Parthia to Roman Syria. He took refuge with Aulus Gabinius, the Roman proconsul and governor of Syria. Mithridates IV then returned to invade Parthia...
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    Mithridates V (Parthian: 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt) was a Parthian contender from 129 to 140. Sources claim he was either a son of Pacorus II or a brother of...
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    or nephew of Artavasdes I, Tigranes was given as a hostage to Mithridates II of Parthia after Armenia came under Parthian suzerainty. After ascending...
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    region of Parthia in Iran's northeast, then a satrapy (province) under Andragoras, who was rebelling against the Seleucid Empire. Mithridates I (r. c...
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    and taken hostage to Mithridates III, who treated him with "honour" until he died of illness. In August/September 80 BC, Mithridates III was dethroned in...
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    relief of Mithridates II of Parthia and bas relief of Gotarzes II of Parthia and Sheikh Ali khan Zangeneh text endowment Damaged equestrian relief of Gotarzes...
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  • (reigned 204–181 BC), ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty Mithridates II of Parthia, king of the Parthian Empire Nicomedes II Epiphanes Joseph-Epiphane Darras...
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    control of Parthia in the process. However, Gabinius abandoned his plans and opted to intervene in Ptolemaic Egyptian affairs instead. Mithridates proceeded...
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    Arsaces dynasty. During the reign of Mithridates I of Parthia (c. 171 BC–138 BC) it was renamed Mithradatkirt ("fortress of Mithradates"). Merv (modern-day...
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  • Maeotian Swamp (category Sea of Azov)
    first heard of on the Maeotis, where they were among the allies of Mithridates II of Parthia. The untrustworthy 4th-century Historia Augusta claims the Roman...
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    king of Parthia, ruling from 247 BC to 217 BC, as well as the founder and eponym of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia. The leader of the Parni, one of the...
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    pp. 151–152. Olbrycht, Marek. Early Arsakid Parthia. pp. 222–225. Olbrycht, Marek. Mithridates I of Parthia and His Conquests up to 141 B.C. p. 230. "CHARAX"...
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    the former Parthian monarch Mithridates II (r. 124–88 BC), whilst his mother was a daughter of the incumbent Parthian King of Kings Phraates IV (r. 37–2 BC)...
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    Sistan (category History of Zoroastrianism)
    100 BC, the Indo-Scythians were defeated by Mithridates II of Parthia (r. c. 124–91 BCE) and the region of Sakastan was incorporated into the Parthian...
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  • perpetrated by Phraates IV of Parthia to whom Orodes II handed over the Parthian throne after the death of Orodes’ son Pacorus I of Parthia in battle in 38 BC...
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    seemingly the result of a union with a princess from the peripheries of eastern Parthia. In 57 BC, Orodes and his elder brother Mithridates IV murdered Phraates...
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    branch of the Arsacid royal family. His father was a Dahae prince, who was most likely descended from the former Arsacid monarch Mithridates II (r. 124–88 BC)...
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    Artabanus II of Parthia is killed in battle with the Yuezhi and succeeded by his son Mithridates II 122 BC: Mithradates II of Parthia regains control of Babylonia...
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  • ա. 94–64 թթ. [Tigran the Great: The Armenian Struggle Against Rome and Parthia, 94–64 B.C.] (in Armenian). Yerevan: Lusakan Publishing. p. needed. Beate...
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  • wife of Mithridates I Callinicus and mother of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene Laodice of Parthia (1st century BC), daughter of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene...
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    Sardis. After two years of stalemate, the brothers met at the Battle of Ancyra around 237 BC. With the support of Mithridates II of Pontus and the Galatians...
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    chronology used. For instance, the king referred to as Mithridates IV by Assar is referred to as Mithridates III by Sellwood, a designation Assar uses for a...
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    Cilicia (Roman province) (category Provinces of the Roman Empire)
    propraetorial governor of Cilicia, during which time he stopped an invasion by Mithridates II of Parthia. In 80 BC, the governor of Cilicia was Gnaeus Cornelius...
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    by Gotarzes II. Gotarzes II eventually was able to gain control of most of Parthia forcing Vardanes to flee to Bactria. With the death of Vardanes in...
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    Mithridates I, king of Parthia had taken advantage of the conflict between Demetrius and Tryphon to seize control of Susa and Elymais in 144 and of Mesopotamia...
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    Margiana (category Empires and kingdoms of Iran)
    Sogdia along the Oxus, controlled Margiana until 115 BC when Mithridates II of Parthia re-established control over the east, forcing the Yuezhi to move...
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  • prince Orodes, son of Artabanus II of Parthia, attempted to dispossess Mithridates of his newly acquired kingdom, Mithridates led a large Armenian and Iberian...
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