A Political History of Parthia/Lists of Rulers

by Neilson Carel Debevoise

Lists of Rulers

Parthian Kings

	B.C.
Arsaces	ca. 250–248
Tiridates I	ca. 248–211
Artabanus I	ca. 211–191
Priapatius	ca. 191–176
Phraates I	ca. 176–171
Mithradates I	ca. 171–138/37
Phraates II	138/37–ca. 128
Artabanus II	ca. 128–124/23
Mithradates II	ca. 123–88/87
Gotarzes I	91–81/80
Orodes I	80–76/75
Sinatruces	76/75–70 or 69
Phraates III	70 or 69–58/57
Mithradates III	58/57–55
Orodes II	ca. 57–37/36
Pacorus I	died in 38
Phraates IV	ca. 38–2
Tiridates II	ca. 30–25
Phraataces (Phraates V)	2 B.C.–A.D. 4
	A.D.
Orodes III	4–ca. 6/7
Vonones I	7/8–12
Artabanus III	12–ca. 38
Tiridates III	ca. 36
Cinnamus	ca. 37
Gotarzes II	ca. 38–51
Vardanes	ca. 39–47/48
Vonones II	ca. 51
Vologases I	51/52–79/80
Pacorus II	78–115/16?
Artabanus IV	80–81
Osroes	ca. 109/10–128/29
Parthamaspates	ca. 117
Vologases II	105/6?–147
Mithradates IV	128/29?–147?
Vologases III	148–192
Vologases IV	191–207/8
Vologases V	207/8–222/23
Artabanus V	ca. 213–227
Artavasdes	ca. 227–228/29?

Seleucid Kings^[1]

	B.C.
Seleucus I Nicator		311–280
Antiochus I Soter		280–262/61
Antiochus II Theos		261–247
Seleucus II Callinicus		247–226
Seleucus III Soter		226–223
Antiochus III (the Great)		223–187
Seleucus IV Philopator		187–175
Antiochus IV Epiphanes		175–163

|- |colspan=2| Antiochus V Eupator || 163–162 |- |colspan=2| Demetrius I Soter || 162–150 |- |colspan=2| Alexander I Balas || 150–145 |- |rowspan=2| Demetrius II Nicator ||rowspan=2| $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ || 145–139/38 |- | 129–125 |- |colspan=2| Antiochus VI Epiphanes || 145–142/41 |- |colspan=2| Antiochus VII Sidetes || 139/38–129 |- |colspan=2| [Alexander II Zabinas || 128–123] |- |colspan=2|Antiochus VIII Grypus and Cleopatra Thea || 125–121 |- |colspan=2|Seleucus V || 125 |- |colspan=2|Antiochus VIII Grypus || 121–96 |- |colspan=2| Antiochus IX Cyzicenus || 115–95 |- |colspan=2| Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator || 96–95 |- |colspan=2| Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator || 95–93 |- |colspan=2| Demetrius III Eucaerus Philopator Soter || 95–88 |- |colspan=2| Antiochus XI Philadelphus || 92 |- |colspan=2| Philippus I Philadelphus || 92–83 |- |colspan=2| Antiochus XII Dionysus || 87–84 |- |colspan=2| [Tigranes of Armenia || 83–69] |- |colspan=2| Antiochus XIII Asiaticus || 69–64 |- |colspan=2| Philippus II || 65–64 |}

Roman Emperors

Augustus	27 B.C.–A.D. 14
	A.D.
Tiberius	14–37
Caligula	37–41
Claudius	41–54
Nero	54–68
Galba, Otho, Vitellius	68–69
Vespasian	69–79
Titus	79–81
Domitian	81–96
Nerva	96–98
Trajan	98–117
Hadrian	117–138
Antoninus Pius	138–161
Marcus Aurelius	161–180
Lucius Verus	161–169
Commodus	180–192
Julianus and Pertinax	193
Septimius Severus	193–211
Caracalla	211–217
Geta	211–212
Macrinus	217–218
Heliogabalus	218–222
Severus Alexander	222–235

 

1. Adapted from CAH, IX, 1023.