Phraates II

Phraates II (died 128 bce) was the king of Parthia (reigned c. 138–128 bce), the son and successor of Mithradates I. Phraates was attacked in 130 by the Seleucid Antiochus VII Sidetes, who after initial successes was defeated and killed during 129 in Media. With his defeat, Seleucid dominion over the countries east of the Euphrates River was finally ended. During these wars two powerful nomadic tribes, the Śakas and the Tocharoi, had forced their...