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22 tory. A badly broken cuneiform tablet, which must be freely interpreted, gives us a contemporary account of the advance of Mithradates. When news of his approach reached the Seleucid ruler, Demetrius Nicator, then in Babylonia and very possibly at Seleucia on the Tigris, the latter quickly gathered together what men he could secure and marched into Media to meet the enemy. Apparently the Parthian managed to outmaneuver him and continued his advance. In the meantime Demetrius had left orders to