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Rh Encouraged by the Bactrian success, the Parthians also rose against Seleucid control. This took place shortly before 247, the beginning of the Parthian era, when two brothers, Arsaces and Tiridates, led a revolt against Andragoras, satrap of Antiochus II Theos (261–247 ). Even the Greeks