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LIST OF THE PERSIAN MONARCHS. 
B. C. 
337.Arses, or Arsemus. 
Neither this prince, nor any of his predecessors, until Darius Nothus, 
the Darab I. of the Persians, are mentioned by the native historians; who 
pass at once from Darab I. to Darab II.; the latter being the great-grand¬ 
son of the former. Arses reigned only two years, and was succeeded by 
335 .Darab II.— Darius Codomanus of the Greeks. 
Alexander the Great invaded Persia, in this reign, and seized the empire. 
DYNASTY OF THE GREEKS. 
331.ISCANDEER, ALEXANDER THE GREAT. 
From this period the empire was governed by the descendants of his 
generals, till, about eighty years after they had divided the empire amongst 
them, Ashk or Arsaces, a Parthian chief, wrested it from their hands, and 
established a line of kings, of which himself was the first. 
ARSACEDIAN DYNASTY, OR PARTHIAN EMPIRE. 
250 .Ashk I.— Arsaces. 
Ashk II.— Arsaces. 
Shahpoor, or Sapor. 
This monarch was contemporary with Antiochus the Great. Amongst the 
native historians there is a lapse of two hundred years, between Shahpoor 
and a Parthian prince, called Baharam-Gudurz; and in this blotted page, 
we miss the great names of Phrahates, Orodes, and above all that of 
Mithridates, which form such brilliant passages in the Roman accounts of 
the Parthian empire; and which, when marshalled according to the accession 
of the princes who bore them, would fill the gap till after the commence¬ 
ment of the Christian era, and to within a few years of 
Baharam Gudurz. 
Volas, — Volageses I. of the Romans. 
Hormuz, — Artabanes IV. of the Romans. 
Narsi. 
Ferozi. 
Khosroo,—Volageses II. of the Romans. 
Volas, — Volageses III. of the Romans. 
Volasin. 
Arduan, or Ardavan, — Artabanus V. of the Romans. 
He was the last of the Parthian race, being slain by the founder of the 
