Mithridates I of Parthia
king of Parthian Empire from 165 to 132 BC
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2nd century BC
- 195 BCEMithridates I (or Mithradates), "Great King" of Parthia from about 171 BC who turned Parthia into a major political power and expanded the empire westward into Mesopotamia (d. 138 BC)source
- 173 BCEThe first known session of the Mahestan (a noble advisory council consisting of Zoroastrian priests and aristocrats) is believed to have taken place during Nowruz (the Persian New Year) in this year, under the reign of Mithridates I of Parthia. This council later played a key role in advising the king and, at times, selecting or deposing monarchs.source
- 171 BCEMithradates I succeeds his brother Phraates I as king of Parthia.source
- 160 BCEThe Parthian King, Mithradates I, seizes Media from the Seleucids following the death of Timarchus.source
- 159 BCEWhile Eucratides I is in north west India to claim possession of the previous Bactrian King Demetrius I's territory there, the Parthians, under Mithradates I, annex two Bactrian provinces. Returning from India to reconquer them, Eucratides is murdered by his son.source
- 141 BCEDemetrius II of Syria made prisoner of Mithridates, king of the Parthians. Antiochus VII Sidetes becomes king of the Seleucid Empire in his absence.source
- 138 BCEMithridates I, king of Parthia (b. c. 195 BC)source
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- India (1)
- Bactria (1)
- Medes (1)
- Demetrius II Nicator (1)
- Mesopotamia (1)
- Zoroastrianism (1)