Orodes II of Parthia (Persian: ارد دوم) (also called Hyrodes Anaridius) was the king of the Parthian Empire from 57 BC to 37 BC. Orodes was a son of Phraates III whom he murdered in 57 BC assisted by his brother Mithridates. He married a Greek Princess from the Kingdom of Commagene called Laodice who was a daughter of King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene and Queen Isias Philostorgos of Commagene.
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