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Arsaces, the chieftain of the nomadic ( Dahae ) tribe of the Parni, fled before him into Parthia and there defeated and killed Andragoras, the former satrap and self-proclaimed king of Parthia, and became the founder of the Parthian Empire ( Strabo l. c .).
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Arsaces and chieftain
Not only had Asia Minor become detached, but the easternmost provinces had broken away, Bactria under the Greek Diodotus of Bactria, and Parthia under the nomad chieftain Arsaces.
Arsaces and tribe
** Arsaces I, King of Parthia from 250 BC and son of Phriapites, a chief of the seminomadic Parni tribe from the Caspian steppes
* Arsaces I, King of Parthia from 250 BC and son of Phriapites, a chief of the seminomadic Parni tribe from the Caspian steppes
* Arsaces, chief of an Iranian nomad tribe, the Parni, invades and conquers Parthia killing in the process the local ruler Andragoras.
Arsaces and before
Prior to his father ’ s Armenian kingship, Arsaces II married an unnamed woman who appeared to have died before the year 358 by whom he had a son called Anob, thus was Pap ’ s older paternal half-brother.
Arsaces and him
The son of Arsaces II ( Arshak II ), Papas ( Pap ) had been murdered during Shapur's reign and the Romans had replaced him with a certain Varasdates ( Varazdat ) who was a member of the Arsacid family.
This act roused the indignation of Moushegh's brother Manuel who rebelled against Varasdates and with the support of Persia deposed him and placed upon the Armenian throne Zarmandukht, the widow of Papas who was the mother of Arsaces III ( Arshak III ) and Papas ' son, who made Manuel the Sparapet or Commander-in-chief.
During the next years Tiridates invaded Parthia again ; some coins dated from March and May, 26 BC, with the name of a king " Arsaces Philoromaios ," belong to him ; on the reverse they show the king seated on the throne, with Tyche stretching out a palm branch towards him.
Tiridates adopted the name of his brother Arsaces, and after him all the other Parthian kings.
His stature at court was such that a plot was hatched by the disaffected general Artabanes and his kinsman Arsaces to assassinate Emperor Justinian and replace him with Germanus.
Arsaces and into
Antiochus III defeats Arsaces II in a battle at Mount Labus and then forces Arsaces II to enter into an alliance with the Seleucids.
Arsaces and Parthia
Towards the end of Antiochus II's reign, various provinces simultaneously asserted their independence, such as Bactria under Diodotus, Parthia under Arsaces, and Cappadocia under Ariarathes III.
* 191 BC – Arsaces II, King of Parthia, who has reigned from about 211 BC ( murdered )
Root of the name of the city goes back to Arshacid Empire era, and derived from the name of the founder of the Parthian Empire, Arsaces I of Parthia.
* Arsaces II, king of Parthia, is considered to have been murdered on the orders of Antiochus III.
* Arsaces II, King of Parthia, who has reigned from about 211 BC ( murdered )
* Arsaces II succeeds his father Arsaces I as King of Parthia.
Other sources mention that he establishes a peace with Arsaces I by recognising his sovereignty over Parthia.
vi: Arsaces I của Parthia
The name " Anxi " is a transcription of " Arshak " ( Arsaces ),, the name of the founder of Arsacid Empire that ruled the regions along the silk road between the Tedzhen river in the east and the Tigris in the west, and running through Aria, Parthia proper, and Media proper.
* King Arsaces II of Parthia c. 211 – 191 BC, called Artabanus by some early scholars
When the ruler of neighbouring Parthia, the former satrap and self-proclaimed king Andragoras, was eliminated by Arsaces, the rise of the Parthian Empire cut off the Greco-Bactrians from direct contact with the Greek world.
He is known for concluding a peace treaty with the Parthian king Arsaces, in order to forestall the Seleucid reconquest of both Parthia and Bactria:
There were other minor kings: Sanabares was an ephemeral usurper in Seistan, who called himself Great King of Kings, and there was also a second Abdagases Coin, a ruler named Agata in Sind, another ruler called Satavastres Coin, and an anonymous prince who claimed to be brother of the king Arsaces, in that case an actual member of the ruling dynasty in Parthia.
# REDIRECT Arsaces I of Parthia
* Tiridates I of Parthia ( d. 211 BC ), brother of Arsaces I
* Arsaces I of Parthia, c. 247 – 211 BC
* Arsaces II of Parthia, c. 211 – 191 BC, in older sequences known as ' Artabanus I '
Arsaces and there
In 35, he tried anew to conquer Armenia, and to establish his son Arsaces as king there.
Arsaces and Andragoras
Then about 238 BC, Arsaces led a revolt of the Parthians against Andragoras, leading to the foundation of the Parthian Empire.
Arsaces and king
He did order the Armenian king Arsaces to muster an army and await instructions.
He besieged Artogerassa in modern Georgia, where Papas ( Pap ), son of king Arsaces II ( Arshak II ), defends the fortress and the royal treasure against Persian forces.
He secures the co-operation with Arsaces, king of Armenia, who fights a bloody guerrilla war against the Persians.
* Arsaces II, king of the Parthians, loses territory in battles with Euthydemus I, ruler of Bactria.
* The King of the Parthians, Arsaces II, is attacked by the Seleucid king Antiochus III, who takes Hecatompylos ( southeast of the Caspian Sea ), the Arsacid capital and Syrinx in Hyrcania.
According to some sources, he is even taken prisoner for several years by the Parthian king, Arsaces I.
The Ancient Greek | Greek inscription says Coin of the Great king Arsaces, friend of the Greeks
The Parthian king Arsaces II apparently successfully sued for peace.
The smaller of these, which comprised the more western districts, which was assigned to Rome was committed to the charge of the Arsaces III ( Arshak III ) who had been made king by Manuel Mamikonian, the son of the unfortunate Papas ( Pap ), and the grandson of Arsaces II ( Arshak II ) contemporary with Julian the Apostate.
After enduring 34 years of warfare, the Armenian nobility of Artsakh and most of other provinces of Armenia revolted, refusing to support the Armenian king Arsaces II ( Arshak II ) anymore out of war-weariness.
Upon the queen's demise in 384, Mamikonian was proclaimed Regent of Armenia pending the minority of her son Arsaces III and had the infant king married to his daughter Vardandukh.
According to the Gahnamak of the 4th century preserved in " The Deeds of Nerses ", during the reign of king Arsaces II ( Arshak II ) ( c. 350-368 ) the number of the Armenian aristocratic houses reached 400.
The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΤΙΣΤΟΥ ( king of kings, great Arsacid Empire | Arsaces, and founder ).
The Greek inscription reads ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩΝ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΑΡϹΑΚΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥϹ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟϹ ( king of kings Arsacid Empire | Arsaces, the benefactor, the just, the illustrious, friend of the Greeks ).
Gotarzes then added to his coins the usual Parthian titles, " king of kings Arsaces the benefactor, the just, the illustrious ( Epiphanes ), the friend of the Greeks ( Philhellen )", without mentioning his proper name.
The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ ( king of kings, great Arsaces, good father god, and friend of the Greeks ).
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