Pacŏrus

, the eldest of the 30 sons of Orodes king of Parthia, sent against Cra us, whose army he defeated, and whom he took prisoner. He took Syria from the Romans and supported the republican party of Pompey, and of the murderers of Julius Cæsar. He was killed in a battle by Ventidius Ba us, B.C. 39, on the same day (9th of June) that Cra us had been defeated. Florus , bk. 4 , ch. 9 .— Horace , bk. 3 , ode 6, li. 9 .――A king of Parthia, who made a treaty of alliance with the Romans, . ――Another, intimate with king Decebalus.