General Notes

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Sanatruces, also spelled SINATRUCES, also called ARSHAKAN (fl. 1st
century BC), king of Parthia from 76/75 to 70/69 BC, who restored unity
to his kingdom.
Sanatruces may have been a son of Mithradates I (reigned 171-138), the
Parthian king who had established the kingdom's power. Following the
death of King Mithradates II in 88 BC, dynastic struggles troubled
Parthia, and the Armenians took advantage of the situation to invade the
kingdom. Sanatruces sought refuge with the Sacaraucase, a Scythian tribe.
Despite his 80 years, he was chosen as the prince best suited to deal
with the dynastic question; he was made king of Parthia to clear up the
succession and reunify the kingdom. On his death Sanatruces was succeeded
by his son, Phraates III. [Encyclopædia Britannica CD '97, SANATRUCES]
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Sanatruces (Sinatruces, Pers. Sanatruk), Parthian king. In the troublous
times after the death of Mithradates II (c. 88 B.C.) he was made king by
the Sacaraucae, a Mongolian tribe which had invaded Iran in 76 B.C. He
was 80 years old and reigned 7 years; his successor was his son Phraates
III. [Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 19, p. 928, SANATRUCES]