Artabazanes of Media Atropatene (, or ; ; flourished 3rd century BC) was a Prince and King of the

Atropatene Atropatene (; ; ), also known as Media Atropatene, was an ancient Iranian peoples, Iranian kingdom established in by the Persian satrap Atropates (). The kingdom, centered in present-day Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan region in northwestern Ira ...

Kingdom. He ruled in 221 BC or 220 BC and was a contemporary of the

Seleucid The Seleucid Empire ( ) was a Greek state in West Asia during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator, following the division of the Macedonian Empire founded by Alexander the Great, a ...

Greek King

Antiochus III the Great Antiochus III the Great (; , ; 3 July 187 BC) was the sixth ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC. He ruled over the region of Syria and large parts of the rest of West Asia towards the end of the 3rd century BC. Rising to th ...

. He was presumably of Iranian lineage.ARTABAZANES
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References

{{Reflist 3rd-century BC monarchs in Asia Rulers of Atropatene 3rd-century BC Iranian people Darius III