Callinicus and mother of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene Laodice of Parthia (1st century BC), daughter of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, and wife of Orodes...

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

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...

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...

Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος ὁ Θεὸς Δίκαιος Ἐπιφανὴς Φιλορωμαῖος Φιλέλλην, meaning "Antiochos...

executed for rebellion), Laodice, Apama II, Stratonice II and Antiochus II Theos, who succeeded his father as king. The Ruin of Esagila Chronicle, dated...

("Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator", 51–30 BC) ruled jointly with Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (51–47 BC), Ptolemy XIV (47–44 BC) and Ptolemy XV Caesarion (44–30...

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...

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...

Hecatompolis and Ecbatana. They managed to defeat and kill the Parthian king Phraates II, son of Mithridates I, routing the Greek mercenary troops under his...

satrapies his predecessors had lost to the Parthians. The Parthian king Phraates II decided to release Demetrius II, who had been married to his sister...

in winter quarters throughout Media and Persis when the Parthian king, Phraates II, counter-attacked. Moving to intercept the Parthians with only the troops...

grew between the locals and the Syrian troops. The new Parthian ruler, Phraates II, had not been idle. He raised a new army while stirring up rebellion...

grief of his son's death, appointed his younger son Phraates IV as his successor. However, Phraates IV assassinated Orodes II in late 38 BC, succeeding...

Shah (51 BC) Phraates IV, Great King, Shah (37–2 BC) Tiridates II,§ Great King, Shah (32 BC) Musa, Great Queen, Shah (2 BC–4 AD) Phraates V, Great King...

(40 BC), and Mark Antony (36 BC) and, after negotiations with Parthia's King Phraates IV, either Augustus or Tiberius, or perhaps both together, were able to...

enough to march against Parthia, and scored massive initial successes. Now Phraates II made what he thought was a powerful move: he released Demetrius, hoping...

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...

Schmitt, Rüdiger (15 December 1987). "Atossa". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 1. pp. 13–14. Brosius, M. (1998): Woman in Ancient Persia, p. 60,...

same event, Alexander married the daughter of the late Persian King Darius III while several other Macedonians married Persian women. After Alexander's...

peace and became a vassal of the Seleucids. It was not until the reign of Phraates I (c. 176–171 BC), that the Arsacids would again begin to assert their...

while distracting Tigranes by engineering a Parthian attack on Gordyene. Phraates III, the Parthian king, was soon persuaded to take things a little further...

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

that his father was satrap of Bactria in 522 BCE. According to Herodotus (III.139), Darius, prior to seizing power and "of no consequence at the time"...

Armenia. Arguably his greatest diplomatic achievement was negotiating with Phraates IV of Parthia (37–2 BC) in 20 BC for the return of the battle standards...

of his son, Ramesses II. Seti I's known accession date is known to be on III Shemu day 24. Seti I's reign length was either 9 or 11 rather than 15 full...

reflect in general a similar plan undertaken for the cenotaph of Senwosret III and in general its construction contains elements which reflect the style...

Pennsylvania., but the target ORACC page is corrupted. Ashurbanipal Cylinder A iii 28, Ranke, Hermann (1910). "Keilschriftliches Material zum altägyptischen...

his sons Narmer and Prince Hawk. List of pharaohs Naqada culture Naqada III Scorpion Macehead Hannig 2006, pp. 225, 790 & 1281. Moortgat 1994, pp. 359–371...

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