Abstract
The passage of Babylonia from the Seleucid kings to the Arsacids is well attested in the cuneiform tablets. The astronomical diaries, the chronicles as well as the legal and economical texts, mostly contemporary of the period, illustrate the possibility of a conquest in April 141, which is earlier than thought before. The new power returned to ancient royal epithets which were in use before the arrival of Alexander. The new added province of Babylonia was in charge of royal family members such as Bagayša, a king’s son. Babylonia remained for some time a military border. However the differences between ancient and new political organizations were not important, as the administrative divisions, both at the provincial and local levels, remained mainly the same.
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