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MITHRADATES III

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MITHRADATES III . murdered his See also:father Phraates III. about 57 B.C., with the assistance of his See also:brother See also:Orodes. He was made See also:king of See also:Media, and waged See also:war against his brother, but was soon deposed on See also:account of his See also:cruelty. He took See also:refuge with See also:Gabinius, the See also:Roman proconsul of See also:Syria. He advanced into See also:Mesopotamia, but was beaten at See also:Seleucia by Surenas, fled into See also:Babylon, and after a See also:long See also:siege was taken prisoner and killed in 54 by Orodes I. (Dio See also:Cass. 39, 56; See also:Justin 42, 4; Jos. See also:Bell. i. 8, 7, See also:Ant. 14, 6, 4). A See also:Parthian king Mithradates, who must have occupied the See also:throne for a See also:short See also:time during the reign of Phraates IV., is mentioned by Jos. Ant. xvi. 8, 4, in to B.C.; another pretender Meherdates was brought from See also:Rome in A.D.

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Gotarzes, but defeated (Tac. See also:Ann. xi. to, xii. to sqq.). The name of another pretender Mithradates (often called Mithradates IV.) occurs on a See also:coin of the first See also:half of the 2nd See also:century, written in Aramaic, accompanied by the Arsacid titles in See also:Greek (Wroth, Catal. of the Coins of See also:Parthia, p. 219) ; he appears to be identical with Meherdotes, one of the See also:rival See also:kings of Parthia who fought against See also:Trajan in 116; he died in an attack on Commagene and appointed his son See also:Sanatruces successor, who See also:fell in a See also:battle against the See also:Romans (See also:Arrian ap. See also:Malalas, Chron. pp. 270. 274). (ED.

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