Artaban II

Artaban II , king of the Parthes succeeds its nephew, Phraatès II, of -128 with -124.

Artaban II tears off the Médie and the Babylonia with the Séleucides. It must then fight the Sakas, which it succeeds in driving out temporarily. During this time, the Parthian governor of Babylonia is driven out by the Arab chief Hyspaosines, accommodated as a liberator by the people, which found the kingdom of Characène. He dies in Bactriane where he pushed back the Sakas or the Tokhariens (Yue-tche?). His/her son Mithridate II Large the succeeds to him.

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