Phraates
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Phraate Proper-name noun: masculine ablative singular, Proper-name noun: masculine vocative singular of Phraates
- the name of several kings of Parthia, Hor. C. 2, 2, 17; id. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Just. 41, 5, 9.
the name of four kings of Parthia. [Arsaces, V. VII. XII. XV.
1. A son of Phraates IV., was made king of Parthia by Tiberius, in opposition to Artabanus III. (Arsaces XIX.), but was carried off by a disease soon after his arrival in Syria, in consequence of his discontinuing the Roman habit of living, to which he had been accustomed for so many years, and adopting that of the Parthians. (Tac. Ann. 6.31, 32; D. C. 58.26.) [Arsaces XIX.
2. A noble Parthian in the reign of Artabanus III. (Arsaces XIX.) (Tac. Ann. 6.42, 43.)
The name of several Parthian kings. See Arsaces.