Parthian Kings Timeline

This list of the Parthian kings comes from Jona Lendering: Parthian Empire. He writes that the Parthians came to power under Mithridates the Great and fell to the Sassanian Persians. While the Parthians were in power, they "occupied all of modern Iran, Iraq and Armenia, parts of Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and -- for brief periods -- territories in Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine."

250-247 B.C. 247-211 211-191 191-176 176-171 171-139 139-129 128 128-124 124-88 95-90 90-80 80-70 70-57 57-54 54-38 41-38 38-29 29-27 2 B.C. - A.D. 4 6 8-12 10-38 35-36 40-47 40-51 50-56 51 51-78 55-58 78-80 80-105 80-90 105-147 109-129 116 140 147-191 190 191-208 208-218 216-224

Arsaces I Tiridates Artabanus I Phriapathus Phraates I Mithradates I Phraates II ... Interregnum ... Artabanus II Mithradates II, the Great Gotarzes I (rebel king) Orodes I Sinatruces Phraates III Mithradates III Orodes II Pacorus I (co-ruler) Phraates IV Tiradates I (rebel king) Phraataces Orodes III Vonones I Artabanus III Tiridates II (rebel king) Vardanes I Gotarzes II Sanabares (rebel king) Vonones II Vologases I Vardanes II (rebel king) Vologases II Pacorus II Artabanus III (rebel king) Vologases III Osroes I (co-ruler) Parthamaspates (rebel king, supported by the Romans) Mithradates IV Vologases IV Osroes II (rebel king) Vologases V Vologases VI Artabanus V