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• MITHRADATES

MITHRADATES I  . (See also:

• ARSACES

Arsaces VI.), successor of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Phraates I., came to the See also:

• PARTHIAN

Parthian See also:

• THRONE

throne about 175 B.C . The first event of his reign was a See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• EUCRATIDES

Eucratides of See also:

• BACTRIA (Bactriana)

Bactria, who tried to create a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• EMPIRE

empire n8nni Kt°;saof . in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . At last, when Eucratides had been murdered by his son about 15o, See also:

• MITHRADATES

Mithradates was able to occupy some districts on the border of Bactria and to conquer Arachosia (See also:

• KANDAHAR

Kandahar); he is even said to have crossed the See also:

• INDUS

Indus (See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin 41, 6; See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo xi . 515, 517; cf . See also:

• OROSIUS, PAULUS (fl. 415)

Orosius v . 4, 16; Diod . 33, 18) . Meanwhile the Seleucid See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom was torn by See also:

• INTERNAL

internal dissensions, fostered by See also:

• ROMAN

Roman intrigues . Phraates I. had already conquered eastern See also:

• MEDIA

Media, about Rhagae (Rai), and subjected the Mardi on the border of the See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian (Justin 41, 5; Isidor . Charac .

7) . Mithradates I. conquered the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Media and advanced towards the Zagros chains and the Babylonian See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain . In a war against the Elymaeans (in Susiana) he took the Greek See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• SELEUCIA (Gr. EeXeimeta)

Seleucia on the Hedyphon, and forced their See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to become a See also:

• VASSAL (Fr. vassal, vassaut, vassault, &c,)

vassal of the Parthians (Justin 41, 6; Strabo xv . 744) . About 141 he must have become See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of Babylonia . By Diodorus 33, 18 he is praised as a mild ruler; and the fact that from 140 he takes on his coins the epithet Philhellen (W . Wroth, See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of the Coins of See also:

• PARTHIA

Parthia, p . 14 seq.; till then he only calls himself " the great king Arsakes ") shows that he tried to conciliate his Greek subjects . The Greeks, however, induced See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius II . Nicator to come to their deliverance, although he was much pressed in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria by the pretender See also:

• DIODOTUS

Diodotus Tryphon . At first he was victorious, but in 138 he was defeated . Mithradates settled him with a royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household in See also:

• HYRCANIA

Hyrcania and gave him his daughter Rhodogune in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage (Justin 36, 1, 38, 9; Jos .

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• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

Ant . 13, 5, 11; Euseb . Chron . I . 257; See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian Syr . 67) . Shortly afterwards Mithradates I. died, and was succeeded by his son Phraates II . He was the real founder of the Arsacid Empire .