Artabanus I (200–123 BCE)

Born 200 BCE, died 123 BCE.

Artabanus I (Parthian: 𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓 Ardawān), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus II, was king of the Parthian Empire, ruling briefly from c. 127 to 124/3 BC. His short reign ended abruptly when he died during a battle against the Yuezhi in the east. He was succeeded by his son Mithridates II.

Text from the Wikipedia article Artabanus_I_of_Parthia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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