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Mithridates VI of Pontus
ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC
Mithridates I of Parthia
king of Parthian Empire from 165 to 132 BC
Mithridates II of Parthia
The ninth king and the greatest Parthian emperor (124–91 BC)
Phraates I of Parthia
2nd century BC Parthian king
Artaxias I of Armenia
king of Armenia
Phraates II of Parthia
Parthian emperor (132-128 BC)
Phriapatius of Parthia
Priapatius (also spelled Phriapatius or Phriapites; ), was the Arsacid king of Parthia from 191 BC to 176 BC. He was the first-cousin-once-removed and successor of Arsaces II (). Like many Arsacid monarchs, his reign is sparsely known. His coinage indicates that he managed to rid himself of the influence of the Seleucid Empire. He was succeeded by his son Phraates I.
Artabanus I
ruler of the Parthian Empire 128–124 BC
Pharnaces I of Pontus
king of Pontus
Mithridates V of Pontus
king of Pontus
Mithridates IV of Pontus
king of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus
king of Pontus
Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
King of Cappadocia from 130 BC to 116 BC
Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia
king of Cappadoccia
Mirian I of Iberia
king of Iberia
Rhodogune of Parthia
Parthian queen
Laodice
sister-wife of Mithridates VI of Pontus
Skilurus
thumb|200px|The supposed tomb of Skilurus in Scythian Neapolis Skilurus, or Scylurus, was a renowned Scythian king reigning during the 2nd century BC. His realm included the lower reaches of the Borysthenes and Hypanis, as well as the northern part of Crimea, where his capital, Scythian Neapolis, was situated.
Laodice
Princess and Queen of the Kingdom of Pontus
Tlepolemus
regent of Egypt under the reign of the boy king Ptolemy V
Hyspaosines
Hyspaosines (also spelled Aspasine) was the founder of Characene, a kingdom situated in southern Mesopotamia. He was originally a Seleucid satrap installed by king Antiochus IV Epiphanes (), but declared independence in 141 BC after the collapse and subsequent transfer of Seleucid authority in Iran and Babylonia to the Parthians. Hyspaosines briefly occupied the Parthian city of Babylon in 127 BC, where he is recorded in records as king (šarru). In 124 BC, however, he was forced to acknowledge Parthian suzerainty. He died in the same year, and was succeeded by his juvenile son A
Nysa of Cappadocia
wife of Ariarathes V of Cappadocia
Arcathius
Arcathias () was a Pontic prince of Persian and Greek Macedonian ancestry, and figure in the First Mithridatic War. Arcathias was a son of Mithridates VI of Pontus and his sister-wife Laodice.
Bagadates I
Baydad (also spelled Bagdates), was a dynast (frataraka) of Persis from 164 to 146 BC.
Mithridates Chrestus
prince and co-ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus
Wadfradad I
dynast of Persis from 146 to 138 BC
Wadfradad II
2nd-century BC dynast of Persis
Amage
Amage () (fl. 2nd-century BC) was a Sarmatian queen. According to the writings of Polyaenus, she was the wife of the Sarmatian king Medosacus (Μηδόσακκος). she ruled as regent to a dissolute husband. They were from the coast of the Euxine Sea.
Darayan I
2nd century BC king of Persis
Vahbarz
Wahbarz (also spelled Vahbarz), known in Greek sources as Oborzos, was a dynast (frataraka) of Persis in the 1st half of the 2nd century BC, ruling from possibly to 164 BC. His reign was marked by his efforts to establish Persis as a kingdom independent from Seleucid authority. He was able to reign independently for three decades, and even expanded to the west, seizing the Seleucid province of Characene. In 164 BC, the Seleucids repelled Wahbarz's forces from Characene, forcing him to re-submit as a Seleucid vassal. He was succeeded by Baydad.
Thalassia
Wife of King Hyspaosines
Tasius
Tasius is the name given by Strabo to the king of the Rhoxolani, a Sarmatian tribal group. Around 100 BCE, Tasius led an invasion of Crimea in support of the Scythian warlord Palacus. He was defeated by the Pontian general Diophantus.
Bagasis
200px|thumb|The reverse of a coin minted by Mithridates I of Parthia|Mithridates I with the image of Bagasis Bagasis (also spelled Bakasis, Bagayasha and Vakasis) was a Parthian prince, who played an important role in Parthian politics from 148/7 BC, where he was appointed the governor of the newly conquered region of Media by his brother and king Mithridates I (). Bagasis was initially suggested by the modern historian Gholamreza F. Assar (2005) to have ruled as king briefly in 126 BC, but he later retracted this suggestion (2009). Bagasis was survived by an unnamed son, who occupied high off