Mithridates Sinnakes
Mithridates Sinnakes ( Mithridates Sinax ) was a Parthian governor (after Flavius Josephus , Antiquities, 13, 384, Eparch ) in Mesopotamia around 88 BC. In the Seleucid Empire , the two brothers Philip I Philadelphos and Demetrios III fought . for power. When Philip I Philadelphus was in Berea , Demetrios III besieged. this city ruled by the tyrant Straton . Straton called on the Arab prince Azizis and the Parthian governor Mithridates Sinnakes to help, who in turn managed Demetrios III. to capture. Demetrios III. was handed over to the Parthian king Mithridates II .
literature
- Kay Ehling : Studies on the history of the late Seleucids (164-63 BC) , p. 245, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-515-09035-3
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| SURNAME | Mithridates Sinnakes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mithridates Sinax |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Parthian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 88 BC Chr. |