_Accession of Mithridates II.

Termination of the Scythic Wars.
Commencement of the struggle with Armenia.

Previous history of Armenia.
Result of the first Armenian War.

First contact of Rome with Parthia.
Attitude of Rome towards the East at this time.

Second Armenian War.
Death of Mithridates._ On the death of Artabanus II., about B.C.124, his son, Mithridates II., was proclaimed king.