Orodes II of Parthia

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Parthian king monarch

Orodes II of Parthia was a 1st-century BCE king best known for defeating the Romans at the Battle of Carrhae and presiding over a turbulent period of internal dynastic conflict in the Parthian Empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Orodes II	2
Orodes II of Parthia canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Parthian king ⓘ monarch ⓘ
aftermathOfCarrhae	strengthening of Parthian prestige in the East ⓘ
ally	Artavasdes II of Armenia ⓘ
capital	Ctesiphon ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
child	Pacorus I of Parthia ⓘ Phraates IV of Parthia ⓘ
coinage	silver drachms ⓘ tetradrachms ⓘ
conflict	Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ civil war with his brother Mithridates III ⓘ
country	Parthian Empire ⓘ
deathPlace	Parthian Empire ⓘ
dynasty	Arsacid dynasty of Armenia ⓘ surface form: Arsacid dynasty
era	1st century BCE ⓘ
father	Phraates III of Parthia ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
historicalSource	Cassius Dio ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ Roman-Parthian numismatic evidence ⓘ
house	House of Arsaces ⓘ
killer	Phraates IV of Parthia ⓘ
knownFor	defeating a Roman army at Carrhae in 53 BCE ⓘ execution of Marcus Licinius Crassus after Carrhae (as reported by ancient sources) ⓘ internal dynastic conflicts within the Arsacid family ⓘ
language	Parthian language ⓘ surface form: Parthian
legacy	one of the most prominent Parthian rulers in Roman literary tradition ⓘ
militaryCommander	Surena ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Carrhae ⓘ loss of his son Pacorus I in battle against the Romans ⓘ marriage alliance with the Armenian royal house ⓘ
notableWork	defeat of the Romans at the Battle of Carrhae ⓘ
opponent	Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
policy	intervention in Armenian succession politics ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Kings of the Arsacids ⓘ surface form: King of Kings of the Parthian Empire
predecessor	Mithridates III of Parthia ⓘ
reignEnd	circa 38 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	circa 57 BCE ⓘ
religion	Zoroastrianism ⓘ surface form: Zoroastrianism (probable)
sibling	Mithridates III of Parthia ⓘ
spouse	Laodice (a Seleucid princess) ⓘ
successor	Phraates IV of Parthia ⓘ
territory	Iranian plateau ⓘ surface form: Iranian plateau (core regions) Mesopotamia ⓘ
title	Arsaces I of Parthia ⓘ surface form: Arsaces King of Kings ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Parthian Empire → notableRuler → Orodes II of Parthia ⓘ

Roman–Parthian Wars → notableCommander → Orodes II of Parthia ⓘ

Phraates IV of Parthia → predecessor → Orodes II of Parthia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orodes II

Phraates IV of Parthia → father → Orodes II of Parthia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orodes II