Orobazus
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Orobazus was the ambassador of the Parthian king Mithridates who contacted the Roman magistrate Lucius Cornelius Sulla. This was the first meeting between a Parthian and a Roman official. The results of this meeting are not clear, but it is generally known that during the meeting Sulla was sitting between the Parthian ambassador and Ariobarzanes the king of Cappadocia. For this the Parthian king put Orobazus to death for allowing a Roman magistrate to treat a Parthian envoy arrogantly.
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