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| Phraates II (ca. 139/138 BC – ca. 128 BC) faced the final attempt on the part of the Seleucids to regain their power in the east. The Seleucids amassed a large force of Greek mercenaries and led the army, totaling 80,000 soldiers<ref>Most likely only up to 10,000 men from Syria towards parthian Mesopotamia.</ref>, to confront the Parthians, initiating a campaign in 130 BC to retake [[Mesopotamia]]. The Parthian general Indates was defeated along the [[Great Zab]], followed by a local uprising where the Parthian governor of [[Babylonia]] was killed. Antiochus conquered Babylonia and occupied [[Susa]], where he minted coins, and advanced his army into Media.<ref name="bivar_1983_36-37 curtis_2007_11">{{harvnb|Bivar|1983|pp=36–37}}; {{harvnb|Curtis|2007|p=11}}; {{harvnb|Shayegan|2011|pp=121–150}}</ref> | Phraates II (ca. 139/138 BC – ca. 128 BC) faced the final attempt on the part of the Seleucids to regain their power in the east. The Seleucids amassed a large force of Greek mercenaries and led the army, totaling 80,000 soldiers<ref>Most likely only up to 10,000 men from small Syria kingdom (after a bloody syrian civil war under [[Diodotus Tryphon]] a few years earlier) towards parthian Mesopotamia.</ref>, to confront the Parthians, initiating a campaign in 130 BC to retake [[Mesopotamia]]. The Parthian general Indates was defeated along the [[Great Zab]], followed by a local uprising where the Parthian governor of [[Babylonia]] was killed. Antiochus conquered Babylonia and occupied [[Susa]], where he minted coins, and advanced his army into Media.<ref name="bivar_1983_36-37 curtis_2007_11">{{harvnb|Bivar|1983|pp=36–37}}; {{harvnb|Curtis|2007|p=11}}; {{harvnb|Shayegan|2011|pp=121–150}}</ref> |
| After losing three successive battles, Phraates sent a delegation to negotiate a peace agreement. Antiochus refused to accept unless the Arsacids relinquished all lands to him except Parthia proper, paid heavy tribute, and released his brother [[Demetrius II Nicator|Demetrius II]] from captivity. Arsaces{{who|date=August 2022}} released Demetrius and sent him to [[History of Syria|Syria]], but refused the other demands.<ref>{{harvnb|Garthwaite|2005|pp=76–77}}; {{harvnb|Bivar|1983|pp=36–37}}; {{harvnb|Curtis|2007|p=11}}</ref> | After losing three successive battles, Phraates sent a delegation to negotiate a peace agreement. Antiochus refused to accept unless the Arsacids relinquished all lands to him except Parthia proper, paid heavy tribute, and released his brother [[Demetrius II Nicator|Demetrius II]] from captivity. Arsaces{{who|date=August 2022}} released Demetrius and sent him to [[History of Syria|Syria]], but refused the other demands.<ref>{{harvnb|Garthwaite|2005|pp=76–77}}; {{harvnb|Bivar|1983|pp=36–37}}; {{harvnb|Curtis|2007|p=11}}</ref> |
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