Sanatruces of Parthia

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Coin of Sanatruces of Parthia from the mint at Rhagae. The reverse shows a seated archer carrying a bow. The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ [%CE%95]ΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟ[%CE%A3] (great king Arsaces, civilized, friend of Greeks). King Sanatruces of Parthia (also Sinatruces or Sanatruk, ca. 157 BC – 70 BC) ruled the Parthian Empire from c. 77 to c. 70 BC. He was a member of the Arsacid house, who, according to work attributed to Lucian, in the troubled times after the death of Mithridates II in ca. 88 BC was made king by the Sacaraucae Scythians or Saka, an Indo-European tribe akin to the Parthians who had invaded Iran in about 77 BC[1][2].

"Sinatroces, king of Parthia, was restored to his country in his eightieth year by the Sacauracian Scyths, assumed the throne and held it seven years." Makrobioi, 15.[3]  He died circa 70 BCE and was succeeded by his son Phraates III.[4]

[edit] Sanatruces in Byzantine tradition

Another Sanatruces (Sanatrucius), the son of Mithridates IV is mentioned as an ephemeral Parthian king in AD 115 by John Malalas, in his Chronographia.

Sanatruces of Parthia

Arsacid dynasty

Born: 157 BC Died: 70 BC 

Preceded by

Orodes I (80 BC)

...

Unknown ruler

Great King (Shah) of Parthia

77–70 BC

Succeeded by

Phraates III

[edit] Notes

1.^ "Les villes du sud-ouest de l'Afghanistan. C. Baratin. In: Afghanistan, ancien carrefour entre l'est et l'ouest, p. 181, ISBN 2503516815

2.^ "The Commerce of Kapisene and Gandhāra after the Fall of Indo-Greek Rule." K. Walton Dobbins. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Dec., 1971), p. 286.

3.^ [1] The Makrobioi or 'Long Life'.

4.^ The Parthians, p. 35. (1967). Malcolm A. R. Colledge. Frederick A. Praeger, New York; Washington.

[edit] References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Lucian, Macrobii, 15;

Phlegon of Tralles, The Olympiads, preserved in Photius, Bibliotheca, 97.

Appian, Mithridates, 104.

Dio Cassius, xxxvi. 45

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Sanatruces of Parthia

King Sanatruces of Parthia (Persian: سیناتروک‎‎) (also Sinatruces or Sanatruk, c. 157-70 BC) ruled the Parthian Empire from ca. 93/2 BC to 88/87 BC during his first reign and ca. 77 to 70 BC during his second reign. He was a member of the Arsacid house, who proclaimed himself king in Susiana and attempted to usurp the throne of Mithridates II. Ultimately, Gotarzes I forced him to flee to the Central Asian steppe. Years later, according to work attributed to Lucian, he regained the throne with the aid of the Sacaraucae Scythians or Saka, an Indo-European tribe akin to the Parthians who had invaded Iran in about 77 BC.

"Sinatroces, king of Parthia, was restored to his country in his eightieth year by the Sacauracian Scyths, assumed the throne and held it seven years." Makrobioi, 15.

He died c. 70 BC and was succeeded by his son Phraates III.

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