Topic summary
Seleucid–Parthian Wars
Elymais
Characene
Persis
Arabs
Diodotus I (WIA)
Seleucus II
Antiochus III
Demetrius I(POW)
Alexander Balas(POW)
Demetrius II Nicator
Antiochus VII Sidetes†
Antiochus X†
Demetrius III(POW)
Philip I(POW)
Arsaces II
Priapatius
Phraates I
Mithridates I
Phraates II
Mithridates II
Gotarzes I
Mithridates III
The Seleucid–Parthian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire which resulted in the ultimate expulsion of the Seleucids from the Iranian Plateau and the surrounding regions. The wars were caused by the mass migration of the nomadic IranianParni tribe into Parthia and the establishment of the Parthian state, which challenged Seleucid hegemony.