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Mithradates II of Parthia
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or II. the Great, king of Parthia (c. 120-88 B.C.), saved the kingdom from the Mongolian Sacae (Tochari), who had occupied Bactria and eastern Iran, and is said to have extended the limits of the empire (Justin 42, 2, where he is afterwards confused with Mithradates III.). He defeated King Artavasdes of Armenia and conquered seventy valleys; and the prince Tigranes came as hostage to the Parthians (Justin 42, 2; Strabo, xi. 532). In an inscription from Delos (Dittenberger, Or. gr. inscr. 430) he is called "the great King of Kings Arsakes." He also interfered in the wars of the dynasts of Syria (Jos. Ant. xiii. 14, 3). He was the first Parthian king who entered into negotiations with Rome, then represented by Sulla, praetor of Cilicia (92 B.C.).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mithradates II of Parthia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mithradates-ii-of-parthia.html. 1910.
