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 throne seems to have little support in the Parthian Empire, with the exception of
Babylonia
Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''māt Akkadī'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. ...
. Artabanus III's most notable action was to give refuge to a
Pseudo-Nero named
Terentius Maximus. Artabanus III initially agreed to lend military aid to Terentius Maximus to capture
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus ( legendary)
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, until he found about the real identity of the impostor. Coin mints of Artabanus III disappear after 81, which suggests that Pacorus II had defeated him.
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1st-century Parthian monarchs
81 deaths
1st-century births
1st-century Iranian people
1st-century Babylonian kings