Phraates III of Parthia

Phraates III. was a Parthian king who ruled from about 70 to 57 BC. He was the son of his predecessor Sinatrukes. During his reign the Roman Armenia and Asia Minor attacked. The local kings Mithridates VI. and Tigranes II requested the Parthians for help, but responded Phraates III. not initially. In 66 BC Pompey was governor in Asia Minor and began to further actions against the rulers above. He enlisted the friendship Phraates III., No doubt, to keep clear the back. In the following years, however, Pompey agreed a treaty with Tigranes and handed him Gordyene, which actually belonged to Parthia. The Parthians were expelled from there and their protests met with insults. There were some battles, but was in 64 BC negotiated a peace treaty, in which the status quo was accepted. 57 BC was Phraates III. murdered by his sons. From cuneiform texts his sister and wife Peruztana is known.

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