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Mithridates II the Great was the Greatest king of Parthian Empire
Parthian Empire

The Arsacid Empire , was a significant political and cultural power in the ancient Near East, and a counterweight to the Roman Empire in the region....
 from 123 to 88 BC. His name invokes the protection of Mithra
Mithra

Mithra is an important deity or divine concept in Zoroastrianism and later Iranian history and culture.Mithra is descended, together with the Historical Vedic religion deity Mitra , from a common proto-Indo-Iranian entity *mitra "treaty, bond"....
. He adopted the title Epiphanes, "god manifest" and introduced new designs on his extensive coinage. Parthia reached its greatest extent during his reign.






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Mithridates II the Great was the Greatest king of Parthian Empire
Parthian Empire

The Arsacid Empire , was a significant political and cultural power in the ancient Near East, and a counterweight to the Roman Empire in the region....
 from 123 to 88 BC. His name invokes the protection of Mithra
Mithra

Mithra is an important deity or divine concept in Zoroastrianism and later Iranian history and culture.Mithra is descended, together with the Historical Vedic religion deity Mitra , from a common proto-Indo-Iranian entity *mitra "treaty, bond"....
. He adopted the title Epiphanes, "god manifest" and introduced new designs on his extensive coinage. Parthia reached its greatest extent during his reign. He saved the kingdom from the Saka
Saka

The Sakas or Sacae were a population of Central Asian nomadic tribes speaking an eastern Iranian languages language....
 tribes, who occupied Bactria
Bactria

Bactria is a historical region of Greater Iran. Known by the ancient Greeks as "Bactriana" the region is located between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya ; in later times, the region became known as Tokharistan. The name of the region has survived to present time in the name of Afghan province "Balkh"....
 and the east
East

East is a Direction in geography. It is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points, opposite of west and at right angles to north and south....
 of Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 and killed two of his his predecessors in battle. Mithridates II extended the limits of the empire, according to the 3rd century Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 historian Junianus Justinus
Junianus Justinus

'Justin' was a Latin historian who lived under the Roman Empire. His name is mentioned only in the title of his own history, and there it is in the genitive, which would be M....
 who tends to confuse him with Mithridates III
Mithridates III of Parthia

King Mithridates III of Parthia ruled the Parthia c. 57?54 BC. With the assistance of his brother Orodes II of Parthia he murdered his father Phraates III of Parthia....
, under whom Parthia received severe setbacks. He defeated King Artavasdes I of Armenia
Artavasdes I of Armenia

Artavasdes I of Armenia was the son of Artaxias I and Satenik.Artavasdes repelled several attempts by Parthians to invade Armenia but was eventually defeated by Mithridates II of Parthia, who annexed parts of Eastern Armenia and took his son, Tigranes the Great as hostage....
 and conquered seventy valleys, making the heir to the Armenian throne, prince Tigranes, a political hostage. In 123 BC and 115 BC he received Chinese
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 ambassadors sent by the Han emperor Wu Di
Emperor Wu of Han

Emperor Wu of Han , , personal name Liu Che , was the seventh emperor of China of the Han Dynasty in modern day mainland China, ruling from 141 BC to 87 BC....
 to reopen the Silk Road
Silk Road

The Silk Road is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and Europe....
 through negotiations. His later coins show him bearded, wearing the high domed Parthian crown applied with a star. He also interfered in the wars of the dynasts of Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
. He was the first Parthian king who entered into negotiations with Rome, then represented by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix , or simply Sulla, was a Roman general and politician, holding the office of consul twice as well as the Roman dictator....
, praetor of Cilicia
Cilicia

In antiquity, Cilicia now known as ?ukurova, was a commonly used name of the south coastal region of the Anatolian peninsula, and a political entity in Roman times....
 in 92 BC.