Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of
Old Persian
Old Persian is one of two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of the Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native speakers as (I ...
) 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 centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe ...
of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the
Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous
Parthian and Armenian form was and .
Kings of this name include:
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Arsaces I of Parthia
Arsaces I (; from ; in ) was the first king of Parthian Empire, Parthia, ruling from 247 BC to 217 BC, as well as the founder and eponym of the Parthian Empire, Arsacid dynasty of Parthia. The leader of the Parni, one of the three tribes of the D ...
, c. 247–211 BC
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Arsaces II of Parthia
Arsaces II (; from ; in ''Aršak'', ''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 ''Aršak'' (). The Old Persian equivalent is ''Aršaka-'' ().
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, 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
Pharnaces II of Pontus (; 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 Mithridates VI of Pontus from hi ...
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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 King Artabanus II of Parthia by a wife whose name is unknown. After t ...
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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 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 Parthian Empire, Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous Parthian ...
, son of King
Khosrov IV of Armenia
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Arsaces (conspirator) - A Byzantine Armenian, instigator of
Artabanes plot against
Justinian I
Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...
See also
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Arash (given name)
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Ashk (given name), Arshak, Arshaka
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