Wilhelm Wundt

This page relates to the year -171 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

With Rome, Consul At of Publius Licinius Crassus and C. Cassius Longinus.
Beginning of the war of Rome against the king Persée of Macedonia. The consul Publius Licinius Crassus is beaten with the Bataille of Callinicus.

Beginning of the reign of Vatarsace, brother of Mithridate I {{er}}, king of Arménie (?).

Beginning of the reign of Mithridate I {{er}}, king of the Parthes (fine in -138). He succeeds his brother Phraatès Ier. With its advent, in Iran, the Médie, the Atropatène, the Elymaïde and the Perse itself were declared independent of the Séleucides. In Babylonia the new State of Characène occurs. In the east, the Kingdom gréco-bactrien, under Démétrios Ier, conquered the India. Démétrios is détrôné by a usurper, Eucratide Ier, which turns to the west. Feeling threatened, Mithridate strikes first, then concludes a treaty from non-aggression, to have the freehands to attack the Syria, which is then plunged in anarchy. It invades the Médie, then the Elymaïde rich person whom it plunders. It receives the tender of Persians and the Babylonians.
In the East, beginning of the reign of the Greek king of usurping Bactriane Eucratide Ier. In -145, it is assassinated by his/her son who reproaches him his alliance with the Parthes. Mithridate intervenes and goes on the Bactriane to the river Hydaspe.

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