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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Tiridates

Britannica 11th

TIRIDATES, or TERIDATES, a Persian name, given by Arrian in his Parthica (preserved by Photius, cod. 58, and Syncellus, p. 539 seq.) to the brother of Arsaces I., the founder of the Parthian kingdom, whom he is said to have succeeded. But Arrian's account seem ...

Vol. 26, pp. 1010-1010 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0

Tiridates Iii

Britannica 11th

TIRIDATES III., grandson of Phraates IV., lived as a hostage in Rome and was educated there. When the Parthians rebelled against Artabanus II. in A.D. 35 they applied for a king to Tiberius, who sent Tiridates. With the assistance of L. Vitellius Tiridates ent ...

Vol. 26, pp. 1010-1010 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 201.82

Artabanus

Britannica 11th

... Tiberius for a king of the race of Phraatcs. Tiberius sent Phraatcs's grandson, Tiridates III., and ordered L. Yiu-llius (the father of the emperor) to restore the Roman authority in the East. By very dexterous military and diplomatic operations V'itcllius suc ...

Vol. 2, pp. 660-661 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 12.0