[1] Member of the Parthian royal house
P. (not P. I!), a son of Orodes [2] II; he is central to the first phase of the Parthian Wars which followed the battle of Carrhae. In 53 BC, P. got engaged to a sister of the Armenian king Artavasdes [2] II, sealing the latter's coming over to the Parthian side. The Parthian invasion of Syria (51-50) was only nominally under the leadership of P., who was…