caption father dynasty predecessor successor death_date religion title birth_date issue image article_title name reign
coin of orodes ii . phraates iii arsacid dynasty phraates iii phraates iv 37 bc zoroastrianism `` king of kings of iran '' unknown pacorus i phraates iv orodesiicoinhistoryofiran.jpg orodes ii of parthia
 orodes ii of parthia 57 -- 37 bc
orodes ii of parthia

orodes ii of parthia -lrb- -rrb- , -lrb- also called hyrodes anaridius -rrb- was the king of the parthian empire from 57 bc to 37 bc .
orodes was a son of phraates iii , whom he murdered in 57 bc , assisted by his brother mithridates .
he married a greek princess from the kingdom of commagene , called laodice who was a daughter of king antiochus i theos of commagene and queen isias philostorgos of commagene .
