Tags: Monarch.
Phraates I of Parthia (Persian: فرهاد يکم) ruler of the Parthian Empire from 176–171 BCE succeed his father Phriapatius (191–176 BCE) on the throne. Died relatively young and appointed as his successor not one of his sons but his brother Mithridates I (171–138 BCE).He subdued the Amardians (lat. Amardis) mountaineers occupying eastern portion of the Elburz range south of the Caspian Sea.
