Abstract
The article discusses the rise of the Parthians to power over large territories in the Middle East at the expense of their Seleucid rivals. The author borrows a framework from International Relations theory, namely (Offensive) Realism, to place the actions of the Parthian kings, in particular Mithridates I in their wider geo-political environment. While the resulting account is rather close to a traditional (positivist) political history, the explicit reference to political science theory all...
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