Artaxias (also called Artaxes or Artashes) may refer to:

Kings and monarchs of Armenia

Artaxiad dynasty The Artaxiad dynasty (also Artashesian) ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from 189 BC until their overthrow by the Romans in 12 AD. It was founded by Artaxias I, who claimed kinship with the previous ruling dynasty of Armenia, the Orontids. Their ...

(190 BC–12 AD) eponymously named after its founder Artaxias or Artashes **

Artaxias I Artaxias I (from ) was the founder of the Artaxiad dynasty of Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), Armenia, ruling from 189 BC to 160 BC. Artaxias was a member of a branch of the Orontid dynasty, the earlier ruling dynasty of Armenia. He expanded his ...

, reigned 190–159 BC, founder of the Artaxiad dynasty **

Artaxias II Artaxias II,Temporini, ''Politische Geschichte (Provinzen Und Randv Lker: Griechischer Balkanraum; Kleinasien): Griechischer Balkanraum; Kleinasien)'', p.979 also known as Artaxes IIDaryaee, ''The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History'', p.173 and Ar ...

, reigned 34–20 BC *

Artaxias III Artaxias III, also known as Zeno-Artaxias, (, 13 BC–34 AD) was a Pontic prince and later a Roman Client King of Armenia. Artaxias birth name was Zenon (). He was the first son and child born to Roman Client Rulers Polemon Pythodoros and P ...

, reigned 18–35; no relation to the Artaxiad dynasty *

Artaxias IV Artaxias IV or Artashir IV () was a prince who served as a Sasanid client king of eastern Armenia from 422 until 428. Artaxias IV was the last Arsacid king of Armenia and the last person to hold the crown of the ancient Armenian Kingdom. Fami ...

, reigned 422–428, last king of the Arsacid dynasty; no relation to the Artaxiads

Kings of Iberia

Artaxias I of Iberia Artaxias I, of the Artaxiad dynasty, was a king ('' mepe'') of Iberia (modern-day Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States ...

(died 78 BC) *

Arshak II of Iberia Artaxias II ( ka, არშაკ) or Arsuk (არსუკ) (died in 1 AD), was a member of the Nimrodid Dynasty and was a king ('' mepe'') of Iberia ( Kartli, eastern Georgia) from c. 20 BC to 1 AD. According to a legendary account from the m ...

(died 1), also known as Artaxias II of Iberia

Modern people

* Artashes Avoyan (born 1972), Armenian lawyer * Artashes Arakelian (1909–1993), economist and member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences *

Artashes Babalian Artashes Babalian (; November 17, 1886 – August 1, 1959) was an Armenian doctor, politician and public figure who served as the minister of social protection in the government of the First Republic of Armenia. Babalian was born in 1886 in Shu ...

(1886–1959), Armenian doctor and politician * Artashes Baghdasaryan (born 1984), Armenian football defender *

Artashes Geghamyan Artashes Geghamyan (, ; 2 December 1949 – 20 September 2024) was an Armenian politician. Biography Geghamyan was born in Yerevan. He finished Chekhov Secondary School in 1966 and graduated from the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1971. He j ...

(born 1949), Armenian politician * Ardashes Harutunian (1873–1915), Armenian poet and translator * Artashes Kalaydzhan (born 1971), Russian Armenian footballer *

Arthur Meschian Arthur (Artashes) Meschian (; born March 3, 1949, in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian architect, musician, composer, poet, singer and painter. He is also known as one of the founders of Armenian rock. He was the founder and the lead singer of Ap ...

, (born 1949), Armenian rock musician, artist, and architect *

Artashes Minasian Artashes Minasian (also Transliteration, transliterated as ''Minasyan''; ; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. He tied for first in the 1991 USSR Chess Championship and is a six-time Armenian Chess Champi ...

(born 1967), Armenian chess Grandmaster * Artashes Shahinyan, founder of the PhysMath School after A. Shaninyan (Yerevan)

Places

Artashat (ancient city) Artashat (), Hellenized as Artaxata () and Artaxiasata (), was a major city and commercial center of ancient Armenia that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia from its founding in 176 BC to 120 AD, with some interruptions. It was f ...

, also known as Artaxata, a city in Armenia *

Hartashen, Syunik Hartashen () is a village in the Goris Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. Toponymy The village has previously been known as ''Aigedzor'', ''Azatashen-Alighuli'', ''Këru'', ''At’ghunk’'', ''Alikulik’yand'', ''Last'', ''Alig ...

, also known as Artashe, a rural community in Armenia

Kings and monarchs of Armenia

Kings of Iberia

Modern people

Places

See also