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    Mithridates IV's reign was marked by a dynastic struggle with his younger brother, Orodes II, who eventually emerged victorious and had Mithridates IV...
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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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    son of Pacorus II or a brother of Osroes I. His son, Vologases IV of Parthia (147–191), took the throne after the death of Vologases III in 147. John Malalas...
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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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    91 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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    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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    Vologases IV (Parthian: 𐭅𐭋𐭂𐭔 Walagash) was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 147 to 191. He was the son of Mithridates V (r. 129–140). Vologases...
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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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    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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    Mithridates IV then returned to invade Parthia with Gabinius in support. The Roman proconsul marched with Mithridates IV to the Euphrates, but turned back...
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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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    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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    ruled by Parthia's ally Artavasdes I, with the intention of seizing the capital Praaspa, the location of which is now unknown. However, Phraates IV ambushed...
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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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    holy city of Jerusalem but eventually meeting his end would influence later Christian depictions of the Antichrist. King Mithridates I of Parthia took advantage...
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    succeeded by his brother Mithridates I (r. 165 – 132 BC), whom he had appointed his heir. Phraátēs (Φραάτης) is the Greek transliteration of the Parthian name...
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  • Archelaus of Cilicia 17-38 AD Antiochus IV of Commagene 38-c. 72 AD Gaius Julius Alexander 58-72 AD Antiochus I of Commagene 70-31 BC Mithridates II of Commagene...
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    three sons: Mithridates I of Iberia, Rhadamistus and Amazaspus (Amazasp) who is known from a Greek inscription found in Rome. Although Tigranes IV and Erato...
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    Mithridates was somewhat subservient to Tigranes. After the death of Mithridates II of Parthia his son Gotarzes I succeeded him. This was disputed by Sinatruces...
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  • BC), wife of Mithridates III of Pontus Laodice (sister-wife of Mithridates IV of Pontus) (fl. 2nd century BC), daughter to Mithridates III of Pontus and...
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    of Parthia for roughly a century at that point, founded by Arsaces I) until the defeat of the last Parthian king, Artabanus IV, at the Battle of Hormozdgan...
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  • king of the Quadi, who becomes an ally of Rome. The export of olive oil from Hispania Baetica to Rome peaks. King Mithridates V dies; Vologases IV claims...
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    the time of Vologases III. Vologases III was succeeded by Mithridates V's son Vologases IV in 147. Under Pacorus II, the usage of the image of the Greek...
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    Mithridates' realm, but another son of Mithridates, Vologases IV, eventually came to the throne after the death of Vologases III in 147. John Malalas, Chronographia...
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  • 57 BC (section Parthia)
    September – The siege and capture of Aduatuca (modern-day Tongeren) by Caesar. Mithridates IV becomes king of Parthia. King Vikramaditya establishes the...
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    former Arsacid monarch Mithridates II (r. 124–88 BC), whilst his mother was a daughter of the Arsacid King of Kings Phraates IV (r. 37–2 BC). Vonones II's...
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  • the defeat of Parthia a strategic priority, and successfully overran the Parthian capital, Ctesiphon, installing Parthamaspates of Parthia as a client...
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  • Mithridates III, King (c.210–c.190 BC) Pharnaces I, King (c.190–c.155 BC) Mithridates IV Philopator Philadephos, King (c.155–c.150 BC) Mithridates V...
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  • king of Parthia) Artaxias III 18–35 (From the house of Polemon) Arsaces I 35 (Son of Artabanus III king of Parthia) Orodes 35 (Again) Mithridates I 35–37...
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    lived in the 1st century. In 161 Vologases IV of Parthia, son of the legitimate King Mithridates IV of Parthia, dispatched his troops to seize Armenia and...
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