Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of
Old Persian ) 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 ...
of
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:
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Arsaces I of Parthia, c. 247–211 BC
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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'
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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
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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
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Arsaces II (Arshak II), King of Armenia c.350–368
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Arsaces III (Arshak III), King of Armenia 378–387
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Arsakes, a minor Indo-Scythian ruler
Others
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Arsaces, son of King
Khosrov IV of Armenia
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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 ...
See also
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Arash (given name)
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Ashk (given name), Arshak, Arshaka
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