name again suggests conflict with the reigning Arsaces, presumably Gotarzes, who is henceforth no longer known to us. Orodes ruled but a brief span, for in 76/75 b.c. an Arshakan, king, and his sister-wife, Isbubarza, queen, appear on the tablets.[1] This must be Sinatruces, who was undoubtedly on the throne by that date.[2] Sinatruces[3] was an old man of eighty[4] when recalled from among the Sacaraucae to rule over Parthia. Although assisted by these nomads, he presumably was related to the Arsacidae,[5] and this would explain why he was summoned to end a period of dissension. In the winter of 72/71 b.c. Mithradates of Pontus requested assistance against the Romans, but the aged Sinatruces was in no position to antagonize such powerful opponents and re-
- ↑ Strassmaier in ZA, VIII (1893), 112; Kugler, Sternkunde, II, 447 f.
- ↑ Sinatruces died in 70 or 69 b.c.; see Phlegon fr. 12. 6 (J, II B, p. 1164). He ruled seven years according to Lucian Long. 15.
- ↑ Spellings are: Sintricus, Appian Mith. 104; Sinatrocles or Sinatroces, Lucian Long. 15; Sinatruces, Phlegon fr. 12. 7 (J, II B, p. 1164).
- ↑ Lucian Long. 15; cf. his appearance on the coins, Wroth, Parthia, pp. 42 f. and Pl X.
- ↑ Rawlinson, Sixth Mon., p. 139 and n. 4, suggests that he was a son of Mithradates I and a brother of Phraates II. Had he been a candidate from among the Sacaraucae, they would surely have selected a younger man.
112, rejects šar šarrâni, but he restores it in his transliteration. Strassmaier's cuneiform copy should certainly be read for Warrant. See also Kugler (Sternkunde, II, 447, No. 26), who follows Strassmaier.
