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ITHRADATES THE FIRST established Parthia as a world power; whether or not his successors could maintain that position against the Seleucidae remained to be seen. Phraates II came to the throne about 138/37 on the death of his father Mithradates. He must have been very young, for his mother, whose name was Ri-⸢in⸣(?)-nu, acted as regent.

Babylonia remained for the next seven years in the hands of the Parthians, as cuneiform documents from there show; but the coinage of Phraates suggests