Seleucid–Parthian Wars

Seleucid–Parthian Wars
Date	238 BC – 129 BC
Location	Mesopotamia, Iran, Central Asia
Result	Parthian victory Fall of the Seleucid Empire;
Belligerents
Seleucid Empire	Parthian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andragoras †; Diodotus I; Seleucus II Callinicus (POW); Antiochus III †; Demetrius II Nicator ; Antiochus VII Sidetes †; Antiochus X †; Demetrius III (POW); Philip I (POW)	Arsaces I; Arsaces II; Mithridates I; Phraates II; Mithridates II; Gotarzes I; Mithridates III

The Seleucid–Parthian wars were a series of conflicts between the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire which resulted in the ultimate expulsion of the Seleucids from the Iranian Plateau and the surrounding regions. The wars were caused by the mass migration of the nomadic Iranian Parni tribe into Parthia and the establishment of the Parthian state, which challenged Seleucid hegemony.

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