Mithridates VI had asked Phraates III's father Sinatruces to join him; he declined, preferring to remain neutral. At the same time, Phraates III was in correspondence...

Persian: Farhad (فرهاد) Phraates I c. 176–171 BC Phraates II c. 132–127 BC Phraates III c. 69–57 BC Phraates IV c. 38–2 BC Phraates V (Phraataces) c. 2 BC–AD...

BC to 4 AD. He was the younger son of Phraates IV (r. 37 BC – 2 BC) and Musa, who ruled with him. Under Phraates V, a war threatened to break out between...

younger brother of Mithridates I. Sinatruces was succeeded by his son Phraates III. The Parthian Empire had since the death of Mithridates II (r. 124–88 BC)...

a Parthian king from to 57 to 54 BC. He was the son and successor of Phraates III (r. 69–57 BC). Mithridates IV's reign was marked by a dynastic struggle...

of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 57 BC to 37 BC. He was a son of Phraates III, whom he murdered in 57 BC, assisted by his elder brother Mithridates...

Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the sixth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Officially...

his mother, kings'. Name incompletely preserved (middle sign missing). Phraates II's rule in Babylon is last attested on 17 May 128 BC. Hyspaosines is...

a nascent empire. The Third Dynasty of Ur is commonly abbreviated as Ur III by historians studying the period. It is numbered in reference to previous...

period to 90 hectares in the Early Dynastic period and then peaking in the Ur III period at 108 hectares and the Isin-Larsa period at 140 hectares, extending...

and fled to the court of the Parthian monarch Phraates III (r. 69–57 BC). He agreed to help Phraates III take the Armenian throne in return for marrying...

death of the previous co-rulers, Phraates V and Musa (r. 2 BC – 4 AD). Information regarding the brief reign of Orodes III is lacking. He was killed after...

Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. Some scholars date his reign from 26 March 1186 to...

this period are Sinatruces and his son Phraates (III), Mithridates (III/IV), Orodes (II), the sons of Phraates III, and a certain Darius (I), ruler of Media...

Phraates I of Parthia c. 176–171 BC Farhad II Phraates II of Parthia c. 138–127 BC Farhad III Phraates III of Parthia c. 70–57 BC Farhad IV Phraates IV...

recognise Assar's Artabanus III, he numbers the three later kings by this name as Artabanus II (r.  AD 10–38), Artabanus III (r.  AD 80–82) and Artabanus...

Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the...

Unknown king (probably the same Phraates I) c. 170–168 BC Phraates I c. 170–167 BC Mithridates I c. 167–132 BC Phraates II c. 132–127 BC Artabanus I c...

Naqada III is the last phase of the Naqada culture of ancient Egyptian prehistory, dating from approximately 3200 to 3000 BC. It is the period during...

and Phraates I (r. c. 176 – 171 BC) eventually ascended the Parthian throne. Phraates I ruled Parthia without further Seleucid interference. Phraates I...

agreement with Phraates, and Roman–Parthian troops invaded Armenia, but a dispute soon arose over the Euphrates boundary. Finally, Phraates asserted his...

Gotarzes Mithridates III Orodes I Sinatruces Phraates III Mithridates IV Orodes II Phraates IV Tiridates II Musa Phraates V Orodes III Vonones I Artabanus...

monarch Phraates IV (r. 37 BC – 2 BC) by the Roman Emperor Augustus (r. 27 BC – 14 AD). She quickly became queen and a favourite of Phraates IV, giving...

composition which was handed down for millennia in Mesopotamia. Composed in the Ur III period, a century or at most two after the events, it is essentially agitprop...

and bullae from the Early Dynastic, Sargonic, Ur III, and Old Babylonian periods as well as an Ur III period temple and Old Babylonian residences. The...

have finished the war against Spartacus. Pompey agreed an alliance with Phraates III, king of Parthia, whom he persuaded to invade Armenia. When Mithridates...

XVI, Ch.8.4 Tacitus, The Annals, 11.10 See: Unknown King (III) (c. AD 140) See: Tiridates III (c. AD 224 – 228?) In Persian it means "King of Kings" "The...

between the Seleucids led by Antiochus VII Sidetes and the Parthians led by Phraates II, and marked the final attempt on the part of the Seleucids to regain...

in Parthia, a war of succession had broken out in 57 BC after King Phraates III had been killed by his sons Orodes II and Mithridates IV, who then began...

of "King of Kings" for Phraates, and offered arbitration between Tigranes and the Parthian king over Corduene. Finally, Phraates asserted his control over...