247 BCE · Asia
Arsaces Founds Parthian Rule
Arsaces I (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσάκης; Parthian: 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊, romanized: Aršak) was the first king of Parthia, ruling from 247 BC to 217 BC, as well as the founder and eponym of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia. The leader of the Parni, one of the three tribes of the Dahae confederac…