Hyspaosines

…governor of Mesopotamia, and brought Hyspaosines, king of Mesene (Characene), who had extended his possessions too far toward the north, back into submission. In the east the Śaka were on the move—soon an independent state would be formed there that would push toward eastern Iran and India; in the 1st…

…satrap with an Iranian name, Hyspaosines, issued coins about 125 bce, a sign of his independence; the actual date for this may have been earlier. He changed the name of the city Antiochia on the lower Tigris to Spasinou Charax, meaning “The Fort of Hyspaosines,” and made it his capital.…