168: Xerxes, Arsakes, and Beyond

A coin depicting Arsakes I with a reverse mimicking Seleucid depictions of Apollo, via Wikimedia

After defeating Achaeus, Antiochus III was quick to continue his reconquest of former Seleucid territory, or at least what he claimed was former Seleucid territory with a siege of Arsomasata and King Xerxes of Sophene. From there, the Seleucid army marched east to confront Arsakes II, the separatist king of Parthia.
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