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Rh gather additional troops, and one of his generals entered Mesopotamia, coming probably from Syria, with reinforcements. Mithradates turned southward to Seleucia and defeated him. At Seleucia the Parthian monarch received a deputation which brought word of friendship from some city in the land of Ashur, for that territory must have been fully aware of the turn affairs had taken after the defeat of the general of Demetrius. Mithradates entered the royal city of Seleucia late in June or early in July; he was recognized as king on or before July 8, 141 Before October 14 of that year Mithradates' sovereignty was acknowledged as far south as Uruk. Naturally the inhabitants of Susa and the surrounding region felt uneasy, as is shown by a dedicatory inscription of 171 (141 ) for the safety of a king and queen whose names are cautiously omitted. Susa was the next logical point in the advance of the Great King.

Sometime between October and December, 141