Mithridates I of Parthia

Mithridates I of Parthia

Mithridates I (also spelled Mithradates I or Mihrdad I; Parthian: 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt), also known as Mithridates I the Great, was king of the Parthian Empire from 165 BC to 132 BC. During his reign, Parthia was transformed from a small kingdom into a major political power in the Ancient East as a result of his conquests. He first conquered Aria, Margiana and western Bactria from the Greco-Bactrians sometime in 163–155 BC, and then waged war with the Seleucid Empire, conquering Media and Atropatene in 148/7 BC. In 141 BC, he conquered Babylonia and held an official investiture ceremony in Seleucia. The kingdoms of Elymais and Characene shortly afterwards became Parthian vassals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mithridates I of Parthia has received more than 317,354 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Mithridates I of Parthia is the 2,613th most popular politician (down from 2,558th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Iran (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 56th most popular Iranian Politician.

Mithridates I of Parthia is most famous for his successful campaign against the Romans. He was a king of the Persian Empire. Mithridates was able to successfully fight off the Romans and establish an empire that spanned from the Euphrates River to the Indus River.