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Phraates V

king of Parthia
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Died:
ad 4
Title / Office:
king (2BC-4BC), Parthia
House / Dynasty:
Arsacid dynasty
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Phraates V (died ad 4) was the king of Parthia (reigned c. 2 bc–c. ad 4), the son and successor of Phraates IV.

Phraates’ mother, Musa, secured the throne for him by murdering his father. The two were later married (ad 2) and ruled jointly. Under Phraates, war with Rome threatened to break out over the control of Armenia. When the Roman emperor Augustus sent his adopted son Gaius Caesar to invade Parthia, the Parthians preferred to conclude a treaty (ad 1), by which Armenia was recognized as being in the Roman sphere. Together with his mother, Phraates was later slain or driven into Syria.

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