Parni conquest of Parthia
| Parni conquest of Parthia | |||||||
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| Part of Seleucid–Parthian wars | |||||||
 Location of Parthia. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Parni | Kingdom of Parthia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Arsaces | Andragoras † | ||||||
In 245 BC,
Ptolemy III seized control of the Seleucid capital at Antioch, and "so left the future of the Seleucid dynasty for a moment in question."[2]
Meanwhile, "a man called
Kuchan
in the vulgate).
A short while later the Parni seized the rest of Parthia from Andragoras, killing him in the process.
See also
Notes
a^ Arsaces was "perhaps originally a local ruler in Bactria."[6]
- ^ Bickerman 1983, p. 6.
- ^ Bivar 2003, para. 6.
- ^ a b Curtis & Stewart 2007, p. 7.
- ^ Bivar 1983, p. 29.
- ^ Bickerman 1983, p. 19.
- ^ Bivar 1983, p. 31.
Sources
- Bickerman, Elias J. (1983), "The Seleucid Period", in Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.), Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3, London: Cambridge UP, pp. 3–20
- Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), "The Political History of Iran under the Arsacids", in Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.), Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3, London: Cambridge UP, pp. 21–99
- Bivar, A.D.H. (2003), "Gorgan v.: Pre-Islamic History", Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 11, New York: iranica.com
- Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Stewart, Sarah, eds. (2007), The Age of the Parthians, Ideas of Iran, vol. 2, London: I. B. Tauris