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Name: Secession of Parthia

Type: Event

Start: 246 BC

End: 245 BC

Parent: Seleucid-Parthian wars

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Taking advantage of the uncertain political situation in the Seleucid Kingdom, Andragoras, the Seleucid governor of Parthia, proclaimed his independence.

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  • January 246 BC: Following the death of Antiochos II, Ptolemy III seized control of the Seleucid capital at Antioch. Taking advantage of the uncertain political situation, Andragoras, the Seleucid governor of Parthia, proclaimed his independence and began minting his own coins.
  • January 245 BC: Diodotus II formed an alliance with Arsaces against the Seleucids, but Arsaces was temporarily driven from Parthia by the forces of Seleucus II Callinicus.
  • January 245 BC: After spending some time in exile among the nomadic Apasiacae tribe, Arsaces led a counterattack and recaptured Parthia.

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