Artabanus ( grc, Ἁρτάβανος ''Artabanos''; pal, ʾltwʾn ''Ardawān'') may refer to various rulers/monarchs of ancient Persia and

Parthia Parthia ( peo, 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 ''Parθava''; xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅 ''Parθaw''; pal, 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 ''Pahlaw'') is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran. It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the Med ...

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Artabanus (son of Hystaspes) Artabanus was a son of Hystaspes, and therefore brother of Darius I as well as uncle of Xerxes I. Artabanus had a reputation for great wisdom. Artabanus is known to have advised his brother Darius I against the Achaemenid campaign against the ...

, brother of Darius I and uncle of Xerxes I *

Artabanus of Persia Artabanus of Persia (or Artabanus the Hyrcanian; grc, Ἀρτάβανος) was a Persian political figure during the Achaemenid dynasty who was reportedly Regent of Persia for a few months (465 BC – 464 BC). This Artabanus is not to be confus ...

, Hyrcanian by birth, commander of Xerxes's guard, and Xerxes's assassin (465 BC) * Artapanus (general), general under Xerxes I (486–465 BC) *

Artabanus I of Parthia Artabanus I ( xpr, 𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓 ''Ardawān''), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus II, was king of the Parthian Empire, ruling briefly from to 124/3 BC.The exact period that Artabanus I reigned is disputed. According to , his ...

, c. 127–124 BC * Artabanus II of Parthia, c. 12 to 38/41 AD *

Artabanus III of Parthia Artabanus III ( xpr, 𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓 ''Ardawān''), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus IV, was a Parthian prince who competed against his brother Pacorus II () for the Parthian crown from 79/80 to 81. Artabanus III's claim to the ...

, 79/80 – 81 *

Artabanus IV of Parthia Artabanus IV, also known as Ardavan IV (Parthian: 𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus V, was the last ruler of the Parthian Empire from c. 213 to 224. He was the younger son of Vologases V, who died in 208. Na ...

, c. 213 to 224 * Artabanus of Khwarazm, c.1st-2nd century AD Confusingly, two systems exist for the regnal numbers of the Artabanuses; in older works, they may be numbered as a regnal number higher than listed above; i.e. Artabanus IV might refer to Artabanus III. The

Mandaic Mandaic may refer to: * Mandaic language * Mandaic alphabet ** Mandaic (Unicode block) Mandaic is a Unicode block containing characters of the Mandaic script used for writing the historic Eastern Aramaic, also called Classical Mandaic, and the m ...

variant of the name is Ardban (also Ardwan).

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