(247 B.C.) Parthia (a region in the northeast of modern day Iran) gains independence in a rebellion against the Seleucid Empire(312 B.C.) The Seleucid Empire, based in Babylonia, is founded by Seleucus, former general over Alexander’s elite cavalry forces. Seleucus asserted ... more, eventually becoming the Parthian Empire, seizing control of Mesopotamia and Media, and competing with Rome for control in the southern Caucasus and the Levant.
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