Mithridates I of Parthia

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2nd-century BCE ruler Parthian king ancient monarch

Mithridates I of Parthia was a 2nd-century BCE king who transformed Parthia from a minor state into a major imperial power by conquering large parts of the Seleucid Empire and expanding its territory across Iran and Mesopotamia.

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Label	Occurrences
Mithradates I of Parthia	1
Mithridates I of Parthia canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	2nd-century BCE ruler ⓘ Parthian king ⓘ ancient monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mithridates I of Parthia ⓘ surface form: Mithradates I of Parthia
birthCentury	3rd century BCE ⓘ
capitalUsed	Ctesiphon ⓘ Hecatompylos ⓘ
captured	Demetrius II Nicator ⓘ
capturedCity	Seleucia-on-the-Tigris ⓘ surface form: Seleucia on the Tigris Susa ⓘ
coinageLanguage	Greek ⓘ
conflictWith	Demetrius II Nicator ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
conquered	Babylon ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Elymais ⓘ Media ⓘ parts of Persia ⓘ
conqueredFrom	Seleucid Empire ⓘ
countryRuled	Parthian Empire ⓘ
deathCentury	2nd century BCE ⓘ
dynasty	Arsacid dynasty of Armenia ⓘ surface form: Arsacid dynasty
era	Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Parthian ⓘ
expandedInto	Iran ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ
father	Phriapatius ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
historicalReputation	founder of Parthian imperial power ⓘ
introduced	royal titulature "King of Kings" on Parthian coinage ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	Greek ⓘ
notableFor	conquests against the Seleucid Empire ⓘ expansion of Parthian territory across Iran and Mesopotamia ⓘ transforming Parthia into a major imperial power ⓘ
predecessor	Phriapatius ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East Western Asia ⓘ
regionRuled	Greater Iran ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ
reignEnd	c. 132 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	c. 171 BCE ⓘ
religion	Iranian polytheism ⓘ
royalHouse	House of Arsaces ⓘ
strengthened	Parthian control over trade routes between East and West ⓘ central royal authority in Parthia ⓘ
successor	Phraates II ⓘ
title	Great King ⓘ King of Kings ⓘ
usedTitle	Basileus ⓘ surface form: Basileus Megas

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

Parthian Empire → notableRuler → Mithridates I of Parthia ⓘ

Mithridates I of Parthia → alsoKnownAs → Mithridates I of Parthia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithradates I of Parthia