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³ The leading ancient authority is Justin, Bk. xli, ch. 4; but the consuls whom he specifies to fix the date of the Parthian revolt are not correctly named. He calls the Bactrian leader Theodotus, and says that he revolted 'at the same period'. The details of the evidence for the dates of the two rebellions have been examined repeatedly by Cunningham, Rawlinson, Bevan, and other writers, with the result stated in the text. The date 248 is supposed by Prof. Terrien de Lacouperie to mark the beginning of the Arsakidan era. He agrees with Mr. Bevan in believing that the struggle for Parthian independence lasted for several years (*Sur deux ères inconnues*, reprint, p. 5). Mr. Bevan thinks that Justin intended to indicate the year 250–249 B. C. as that of the Parthian revolt (*House of Seleucus*, i, 286). Sir H. Howorth prefers the date 248–7 B. C. (*Num. Chron.*, 1905, p. 222).