Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of

Old Persian Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native speakers as ( ...

) is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name of the

Parthian Empire The Parthian Empire (), also known as the Arsacid Empire (), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conqu ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous Parthian and Armenian form was xpr, 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 and xcl, Արշակ . Kings of this name include: *

Arsaces I of Parthia Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of Old Persian ) is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name of the Parthian Empire of Iran adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous Parthian and Armenian ...

, c. 247–211 BC *

Arsaces II of Parthia Arsaces II (; from grc-gre, Ἀρσάκης; in xpr, 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 ''Aršak'', fa, اشک ''Ašk''), was the Arsacid king of Parthia from 217 BC to 191 BC. Name ' is the Latin form of the Greek ''Arsákēs'' (), itself from Parthian ''Arša ...

, c. 211–191 BC, in older sequences known as 'Artabanus I' *

Arsaces of Pontus Arsaces of Pontus (flourished 1st century BC) was a prince from the Kingdom of Pontus. He was a monarch of Iranian and Greek Macedonian ancestry. Arsaces was the second son and youngest child born to King Pharnaces II of Pontus and his Sarmatian ...

, Roman Client King of Pontus in the second half of the 1st century BC, son of

Pharnaces II of Pontus Pharnaces II of Pontus ( grc-gre, Φαρνάκης; about 97–47 BC) was the king of the Bosporan Kingdom and Kingdom of Pontus until his death. He was a monarch of Persian and Greek ancestry. He was the youngest child born to King Mithrida ...

Arsaces I of Armenia Arsaces I of Armenia, also known as Arsaces I, Arshak I and Arsak (ruled 35 AD) was a Parthian Prince who was King of Armenia during 35 AD. Arsaces I was the first-born son of the Parthian King Artabanus II of Parthia by an unnamed wife. Afte ...

, son of Artabanus III of Parthia, King of Armenia in 35 * Arsaces II (Arshak II), King of Armenia c.350–368 * Arsaces III (Arshak III), King of Armenia 378–387 * Arsakes, a minor Indo-Scythian ruler

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* Arsaces, son of King

Khosrov IV of Armenia Khosrov IV ( hy, Խոսրով Դ) was a noble of the Arsacid dynasty who served as the Sasanian client king of Armenia from 385 until 389. Origins The exact origins of Khosrov IV are unknown. The Armenian historians of the 5th century, Faustus ...

Arsaces (conspirator) Arsaces ( el, Ἀρσάκης) was a Byzantine conspirator against Emperor Justinian I (). He was the instigator of Artabanes's conspiracy. The main source about him is Procopius.. Biography Arsaces was an Armenian and a descendant of the Arsacid ...

- A Byzantine Armenian, instigator of

Artabanes Artabanes ( el, , Armenian: ''Artawan'', from Parthian ''Artawân'', '' fl.'' 538–554) was an East Roman (Byzantine) general of Armenian origin who served under Justinian I (r. 527–565). Initially a rebel against Byzantine authority, he f ...

plot against

Justinian I Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized '' renov ...

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