Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 174-138. Mithridates I., founded the Empire of the Par- thians, extending his sway over Media, ijtisiana, Persia, Babylonia, Bactria. Subject nations were permitted to retain their native kings in subjection to Parthia. The Parthian civilization was rude and of a low order. ( 136-127. Phraatea n. (Arsaces VII.) repressed a revolt of Babylonia, but fell fighting against the Turanians. The incursions of these nomadic tribes became more frequent under Artabantu (Arsaces VIII.), 127-124, who likewise fell in battle against them. They were, however, effectually checked by Mith- ridates H. (Arsaces IX.), 124-87, who also extended the power of Parthia in other directions, until towards the close of his reign he was defeated by Tigranes of Armenia. Under Phraates III. (Arsacei XII.), 69-60, die Parthians first became embroiled with Rome, war with this power breaking out in 54. Under Orodes I. (Arsaces XIV.), 54-37, Expedition of Crassus (p. 140). Expedition of Antonius, 36, against Phraates IV. (Arsaces XV.). From 37 B. c. to 107 A. D. Parthia was ruled by a series of ten monarchs, whose reigns were mostly occupied with struggles for the succession. Volo' geses I., 50-90 ; Armenia lost. An attempt made by 307-121 A. D. Chosroea (Arsaces XXV.) to recover Armenia brought about the successful Parthian expedition of Trajan, whose conquests were, however, abandoned as soon as made. Vologeses III. (Arsaces XXVII.), 149-192 A. D., became involved in a war with M. Aurelius, which terminated in the complete submission of the Parthian. His successor, Vologeses IV., 192-213 A. D., lost northern Assyria to Rome. 216-226 A. D. Artabanus m. (Arsaces X'XX.), last king of Parthia. In his reign Parthia suffered severely at the hands of Caracalla, but, after his death and the defeat of Macr...