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Priapatius

king of Iran
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  • Achaemenid Empire
    ancient Iran
    / Phraates I

    …available concerning the reign of Priapatius (c. 191–176 bce), who succeeded Artabanus and whose name appears in documents found in excavations at Nisā. Under his son Phraates I (reigned c. 176–171 bce), the young Parthian kingdom seems to have recuperated sufficiently to have taken up once again its expansionist activities.…

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    …available concerning the reign of Priapatius (c. 191–176 bce), who succeeded Artabanus and whose name appears in documents found in excavations at Nisā. Under his son Phraates I (reigned c. 176–171 bce), the young Parthian kingdom seems to have recuperated sufficiently to have taken up once again its expansionist activities.…

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