Mithridates II of Parthia

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Mithridates II of Parthia was a powerful 2nd–1st century BCE Parthian king who greatly expanded the empire’s territory, strengthened its political institutions, and established it as a major power in the ancient Near East.

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Mithridates II of Parthia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arsacid ruler ⓘ
Parthian king ⓘ
ancient Iranian ruler ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
assertedSuzeraintyOver Adiabene ⓘ
Armenia ⓘ
Characene ⓘ
capitalCity Ctesiphon ⓘ
coinageDepicts royal diadem ⓘ
coinageLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
culture Parthian ⓘ
dynasty Arsacid dynasty ⓘ
engagedIn diplomatic contacts with Han China ⓘ
diplomatic contacts with Rome ⓘ
wars in Armenia ⓘ
wars in Mesopotamia ⓘ
epithet the Great ⓘ
era 1st century BCE ⓘ
2nd century BCE ⓘ
expandedEmpire Elam ⓘ
Media ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
parts of Armenia ⓘ
parts of Bactria ⓘ
father Artabanus I of Parthia ⓘ
foreignRelations Han China ⓘ
linked to: Imperial China

Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
knownFor consolidation of Parthian power ⓘ
establishing Parthia as a major Near Eastern power ⓘ
territorial expansion of Parthia ⓘ
madeMajorPower Parthian Empire ⓘ
name Mithradates II ⓘ
linked to: Mithridates II

Mithridates II ⓘ
predecessor Artabanus I of Parthia ⓘ
realm Parthian Empire ⓘ
regionRuled Iran ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
parts of Central Asia ⓘ
reignEnd c. 88 BCE ⓘ
reignStart c. 124 BCE ⓘ
religion Iranian polytheism ⓘ
strengthened Parthian central authority ⓘ
Parthian political institutions ⓘ
successor Gotarzes I of Parthia ⓘ
title Arsaces ⓘ
King of Kings ⓘ
usedTitle King of Kings of the Arsacids ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parthian Empire → notableRuler → Mithridates II of Parthia ⓘ
Antiochus VII Sidetes → opponent → Mithridates II of Parthia ⓘ
House of Arsaces → notableMember → Mithridates II of Parthia ⓘ