Mithridates V ( ''Mihrdāt'') was a
Parthian contender from 129 to 140. Sources claim he was either a son of
Pacorus II or a brother of
Osroes I
Osroes I (also spelled Chosroes I or Khosrow I; ''Husrōw'') was a Parthian contender, who ruled the western portion of the Parthian Empire from 109 to 129, with a one-year interruption. For most of his reign he contended with the rival king Vo ...
.
His son,
Vologases IV of Parthia
Vologases IV ( ''Walagash'') was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 147 to 191. He was the son of Mithridates V of Parthia, Mithridates V (). Vologases spent the early years of his reign re-asserting Parthian control over the Characene, Ki ...
(147–191), took the throne after the death of
Vologases III in 147.
He died in 140 during a battle in
Commagene
Commagene () was an ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom ruled by a Hellenized branch of the Orontid dynasty, Orontids, a dynasty of Iranian peoples, Iranian origin, that had ruled over the Satrapy of Armenia. The kingdom was located in and around the ...
against the Romans.
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140 deaths
2nd-century Parthian monarchs
Year of birth unknown
2nd-century Iranian people
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