Coin of Sanatruces of Parthia from the mint at Rhagae. See Rayshahr for the Sassanid center of learning in Fars province The reverse shows a seated archer carrying a bow. The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ [Ε]ΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟ[Σ] (great king Arsaces, civilized, friend of Greeks).

King Sanatruces of Parthia (also Sinatruces or Sanatruk, ca. 157 - 70 BC) ruled the Parthian Empire from c. Year 70 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome August — In Rome, Cicero prosecutes Parthia ( Middle Persian: اشکانیان Ashkâniân) was an Iranian civilization situated in the northeastern part of modern Iran 77 to c. Year 77 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, consul and leader of 70 BC. Year 70 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome August — In Rome, Cicero prosecutes He was a member of the Arsacid house, who, in the troubled times after the death of Mithridates II in ca. Mithridates II (the Great was king of Parthia from 123 to 88 BC 88 BC was made king by the Sacaraucae Scythians or Saka, an Indo-European tribe akin to the Parthians who had invaded Iran in about 77 BC^[1]. Year 88 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome The Social War ends with the defeat of the Italian The Sakas ( English form of Old Iranian Sakā, Nominative plural masculine case; Ancient Greek Σάκαι, The Scythians or Scyths (Σκύθες Σκύθοι were an Iranian speaking people of horse-riding Nomadic pastoralists who dominated the Pontic For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Year 77 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, consul and leader of He was eighty years old and reigned seven years; his successor was his son Phraates III. King Phraates III of Parthia succeeded his father Sanatruces and ruled the Parthian Empire from 70 to 57 BC

Sanatruces in Byzantine tradition

Another Sanatruces (Sanatrucius), the son of Mithridates IV is mentioned as an ephemeral Parthian king in AD 115 by John Malalas, in his Chronographia. Sanatruces II of Parthia, the son of Mithridates IV, was a pretender to the throne of the Parthian Empire during the disputed reign of his uncle Osroes I Mithridates IV of Parthia ruled the western Parthian Empire from 129 to 140 John Malalas or Ioannes Malalas (or Malelas) (Syriac word for "rhetor" "orator" ( Greek:) (c

Notes

1. ^ "Afghanistan, ancien carrefour entre l'est et l'ouest", p181, ISBN 2503516815

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The following is a comprehensive list of kings of Persia, which includes all of the empires ruling over geographical Iran King Phraates III of Parthia succeeded his father Sanatruces and ruled the Parthian Empire from 70 to 57 BC The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
• Lucian, Macrob. Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανός ὁ Σαμοσατεύς Lucianus c , 15;
• Phlegon of Tralles, The Olympiads, preserved in Photius, Bibliotheca, 97. Phlegon, of Tralles in Asia Minor, Greek writer and freedman of the emperor Hadrian, lived in the 2nd century.
• Appian, Mithridates, 104.
• Dio Cassius, xxxvi. Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus ( Greek:) (c 155 or 163/164 to after 229 known in English as Cassius Dio, Dio Cassius, or Dio was 45.