Seleucid–Parthian Wars
| Seleucid–Parthian Wars | |||||||||
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Seleucid Empire Elymais Characene Persis Arabs | Parthian Empire | ||||||||
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Andragoras † Diodotus I (WIA) Seleucus II Antiochus III Demetrius I (POW) Alexander Balas (POW) Demetrius II Nicator Antiochus VII Sidetes † Antiochus X † Demetrius III (POW) Philip I (POW) |
Arsaces I Arsaces II Priapatius Phraates I Mithridates I Phraates II Mithridates II Gotarzes I Mithridates III Indates | ||||||||
The Seleucid–Parthian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire which resulted in the ultimate expulsion of the Seleucids from the Iranian Plateau and the surrounding regions. The wars were caused by the mass migration of the nomadic Iranian Parni tribe into Parthia and the establishment of the Parthian state, which challenged Seleucid hegemony.