Tiridates III.

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Tiridates III. was a Parthian anti -king who ruled around 35 to 36 AD.

Tiridates was 10 BC. Chr. Given into Roman care by his grandfather Phraates IV . He also lived in Rome when oppositional forces in Persia around Abdagaeses and his son Sinnaces offered him the crown as anti -king to Artabanos II . Lucius Vitellius then escorted Tiridates to Parthia, where Artabanos first fled from him to Hyrcanian . However, when he returned with Scythian auxiliaries, Tiridates, in turn, had to retreat to Roman Syria .

See also

literature

  • Malcolm AR Colledge: The Parthians. Thames and Hudson, London 1967, pp. 48f.
personal data
SURNAME Tiridates III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION parthian king
DATE OF BIRTH before 10 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 36