Who was the first Parthian ruler?
According to tradition Arsaces I (reigned c. 250 bc–c. 211 bc) was the first ruler of the Parthians and founder of the Parthian empire; a governor under Diodotus, king of the Bactrian Greeks, he revolted and fled westward to establish his own rule. What is Parthia today? Parthia, ancient land corresponding roughly to the modern…