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| caption = Coin of Arsaces II.
| caption = Coin of Arsaces II.
| succession = King of the [[Parthian Empire|Arsacid dynasty]]
| succession = King of the [[Parthian Empire|Arsacid dynasty]]
| reign = 217 – 191 BC
| reign = 217 – 191 BC
| predecessor = [[Arsaces I of Parthia|Arsaces I]]
| predecessor = [[Arsaces I of Parthia|Arsaces I]]
| successor = [[Phriapatius of Parthia|Phriapatius ]]
| successor = [[Priapatius]]
| dynasty = [[Arsacid dynasty of Parthia|Arsacid dynasty]]
| dynasty =
| father = [[Arsaces I of Parthia|Arsaces I]]
| father = [[Arsaces I of Parthia|Arsaces I]]
| birth_date =
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| religion = [[Zoroastrianism]]
| religion = [[Zoroastrianism]]
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'''Arsaces II''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑr|s|ə|s|iː|z}}; from {{lang-grc-gre|Ἀρσάκης}}; in {{lang-xpr|𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊}} ''Aršak'', {{lang-fa|اشک}} ''Ašk''), was the [[Parthian Empire|Arsacid]] king of [[Parthia]] from 217 BC to 191 BC.
'''Arsaces II''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑr|s|ə|s|iː|z}}; from {{langx|grc|Ἀρσάκης}}; in {{langx|xpr|𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊}} ''Aršak'', {{langx|fa|اشک}} ''Ašk''), was the [[Parthian Empire|Arsacid]] king of [[Parthia]] from 217 BC to 191 BC.

==Name==
''{{lang|la|Arsacēs}}'' is the [[Latin]] form of the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Arsákēs'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀρσάκης}}), itself from [[Parthian language|Parthian]] ''Aršak'' ({{lang|xpr|𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊}}). The [[Old Persian]] equivalent is ''Aršaka-'' ({{lang|peo|𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣}}).


==Biography==
==Biography==
Arsaces I was succeeded by his father [[Arsaces I of Parthia|Arsaces I]] in 217 BC. In 209 BC, the energetic [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] king [[Antiochus III the Great]] recaptured Parthia, which had been previously seized from the Seleucids by Arsaces I and the [[Parni]] around 247 BC. Arsaces II sued for peace following his defeat on the battlefield at Mount Labus. Prior to this, Antiochus had already occupied the Parthian capital at [[Hecatompylos]], pushing forward to Tagae near Damghan. Following the defeat of Arsaces II at Mount Labus, Antiochus turned westwards into [[Hyrcania]] where he occupied Tambrax. The heavily barricaded city of [[Syrinx]] was then taken by siege.{{sfn|Bivar|2002|pp=151-153}}
Arsaces II succeeded his father [[Arsaces I of Parthia|Arsaces I]] in 217 BC. In 209 BC, the energetic [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] king [[Antiochus III the Great]] recaptured Parthia, which had been previously seized from the Seleucids by Arsaces I and the [[Parni]] around 247 BC. Arsaces II sued for peace following his defeat in the [[Battle of Mount Labus]]. Prior to this, Antiochus had already occupied the Parthian capital at [[Hecatompylos]], pushing forward to Tagae near Damghan. Following the defeat of Arsaces II at Mount Labus, Antiochus turned westwards into [[Hyrcania]] where he occupied Tambrax. The heavily barricaded city of Syrinx was then taken by siege.{{sfn|Bivar|2002|pp=151-153}}


In the terms of the peace, Arsaces accepted feudatory status and from then onwards ruled Parthia and Hyrcani as a [[vassal state]] of the Seleucids. Antiochus in turn withdrew his troops westwards, where he would subsequently be embroiled in wars with Rome and so would leave the fledgling Parthian kingdom to its own devices. Arsaces II was succeeded by his relative [[Phriapatius]] in 191 BC.
In the terms of the peace, Arsaces accepted feudatory status and from then onwards ruled Parthia and Hyrcani as a [[vassal state]] of the Seleucids. Antiochus in turn withdrew his troops westwards, where he would subsequently be embroiled in wars with Rome and so would leave the fledgling Parthian kingdom to its own devices. Arsaces II was succeeded by his relative [[Priapatius]] in 191 BC.


==References==
==References==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* {{cite encyclopedia | article =GORGĀN v. Pre-Islamic history | last1 = Bivar| first1 = A. D. H. | first2= |last2 = | authorlink = Adrian David Hugh Bivar| url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/gorgan-v| editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XI, Fasc. 2 | pages = 151-153 | location = | publisher = | year = 2002| isbn = |ref=harv}}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = Gorgān v. Pre-Islamic history | last1 = Bivar| first1 = A. D. H. | author-link = Adrian David Hugh Bivar| url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/gorgan-v| editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XI, Fasc. 2 | pages = 151–153 | location = | publisher = | year = 2002| isbn = }}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = Arsacids i. Origins | last = Shahbazi | first = A. Sh. | authorlink = | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arsacids-i | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5 | pages = 525 | location = | publisher = Cyril Toumanoff | year = 1986 | isbn = |ref=harv}}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = Arsacids i. Origins | last = Shahbazi | first = A. Sh. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arsacids-i | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5 | pages = 525 | location = | publisher = Cyril Toumanoff | year = 1986 | isbn = }}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = Arsacids ii. The Arsacid dynasty | last = Schippmann | first = K. | authorlink = | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arsacids-ii | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5 | pages = 525-536 | location = | publisher = Cyril Toumanoff | year = 1986 | isbn = |ref=harv}}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = Arsacids ii. The Arsacid dynasty | last = Schippmann | first = K. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arsacids-ii | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5 | pages = 525–536 | location = | publisher = Cyril Toumanoff | year = 1986 | isbn = }}
* {{cite book|last1=Kia|first1=Mehrdad|title=The Persian Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical Encyclopedia|date=2016|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1610693912|url=https://books.google.dk/books?id=B5BHDAAAQBAJ&dq=false|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last1=Kia|first1=Mehrdad|title=The Persian Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical Encyclopedia|date=2016|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1610693912|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5BHDAAAQBAJ&q=false}}
* {{citation|last=Bickerman|first=Elias J.|chapter=The Seleucid Period|pages=3–20|title=Cambridge History of Iran|volume=3.1|year=1983|publisher=Cambridge UP|location=London|editor-last=Yarshater|editor-first=Ehsan|ref=harv}}
* {{Cambridge History of Iran|volume=3a|last=Bickerman|first=Elias J.|chapter=The Seleucid Period|pages=3–20}}
* {{citation|last=Bivar|first=A.D.H.|chapter=The Political History of Iran under the Arsacids|pages=21–99|title=Cambridge History of Iran|volume=3.1|year=1983|publisher=Cambridge UP|location=London|editor-last=Yarshater|editor-first=Ehsan|ref=harv}}
* {{Cambridge History of Iran|volume=3a|last=Bivar|first=A.D.H.|chapter=The Political History of Iran under the Arsacids|pages=21–99}}
* {{citation|editor-last=Curtis|editor-first=Vesta Sarkhosh|editor2-last=Stewart|editor2-first=Sarah|title=The Age of the Parthians|series=Ideas of Iran, vol. 2|year=2007|publisher=I. B. Tauris|location=London|ref=harv}}
* {{citation|editor-last=Curtis|editor-first=Vesta Sarkhosh|editor2-last=Stewart|editor2-first=Sarah|title=The Age of the Parthians|series=Ideas of Iran, vol. 2|year=2007|publisher=I. B. Tauris|location=London}}
* {{cite book |first1=Edward |last1=Dąbrowa|editor1-last=Daryaee |editor1-first=Touraj |editor1-link=Touraj Daryaee |title=The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |chapter=The Arsacid Empire|pages=1–432|isbn=0-19-987575-8|url=https://books.google.dk/books?id=K-poAgAAQBAJ&pg|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |first1=Edward |last1=Dąbrowa |editor1-last=Daryaee |editor1-first=Touraj |editor1-link=Touraj Daryaee |title=The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |chapter=The Arsacid Empire |pages=1–432 |isbn=978-0-19-987575-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-poAgAAQBAJ |access-date=2019-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051501/https://books.google.dk/books?id=K-poAgAAQBAJ&pg |archive-date=2019-01-01 |url-status=dead }}


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Arsaces II
𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊
Coin of Arsaces II.
King of the Arsacid dynasty
Reign217 – 191 BC
PredecessorArsaces I
SuccessorPriapatius
Died191 BC
FatherArsaces I
ReligionZoroastrianism

Arsaces II (/ˈɑːrsəsiːz/; from Ancient Greek: Ἀρσάκης; in Parthian: 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 Aršak, Persian: اشک Ašk), was the Arsacid king of Parthia from 217 BC to 191 BC.

Name

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Arsacēs is the Latin form of the Greek Arsákēs (Ἀρσάκης), itself from Parthian Aršak (𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊). The Old Persian equivalent is Aršaka- (𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣).

Biography

[edit]

Arsaces II succeeded his father Arsaces I in 217 BC. In 209 BC, the energetic Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great recaptured Parthia, which had been previously seized from the Seleucids by Arsaces I and the Parni around 247 BC. Arsaces II sued for peace following his defeat in the Battle of Mount Labus. Prior to this, Antiochus had already occupied the Parthian capital at Hecatompylos, pushing forward to Tagae near Damghan. Following the defeat of Arsaces II at Mount Labus, Antiochus turned westwards into Hyrcania where he occupied Tambrax. The heavily barricaded city of Syrinx was then taken by siege.[1]

In the terms of the peace, Arsaces accepted feudatory status and from then onwards ruled Parthia and Hyrcani as a vassal state of the Seleucids. Antiochus in turn withdrew his troops westwards, where he would subsequently be embroiled in wars with Rome and so would leave the fledgling Parthian kingdom to its own devices. Arsaces II was succeeded by his relative Priapatius in 191 BC.

References

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  1. ^ Bivar 2002, pp. 151–153.

Sources

[edit]
  • Bivar, A. D. H. (2002). "Gorgān v. Pre-Islamic history". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XI, Fasc. 2. pp. 151–153.
  • Shahbazi, A. Sh. (1986). "Arsacids i. Origins". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5. Cyril Toumanoff. p. 525.
  • Schippmann, K. (1986). "Arsacids ii. The Arsacid dynasty". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5. Cyril Toumanoff. pp. 525–536.
  • Kia, Mehrdad (2016). The Persian Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1610693912.
  • Bickerman, Elias J. (1983). "The Seleucid Period". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 3(1): The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 3–20. ISBN 0-521-20092-X.
  • Bivar, A.D.H. (1983). "The Political History of Iran under the Arsacids". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 3(1): The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 21–99. ISBN 0-521-20092-X.
  • Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Stewart, Sarah, eds. (2007), The Age of the Parthians, Ideas of Iran, vol. 2, London: I. B. Tauris
  • Dąbrowa, Edward (2012). "The Arsacid Empire". In Daryaee, Touraj (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History. Oxford University Press. pp. 1–432. ISBN 978-0-19-987575-7. Archived from the original on 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
Arsaces II of Parthia
 Died: 191 BC
Preceded by King of Parthia
217–191 BC 		Succeeded by
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