Orophernes II

Orophernes II (c.160 BCE): son of Ariararathes IV, king of Cappadocia.

Relatives

Son of Ariarathes IV and Antiochis (daughter of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III)

Main deeds

In 163, Ariarathes V Philopator succeeded his father.
The Seleucid ruler Demetrius I Soter proposed to renew marriage ties, but Ariarathes refused to marry Demetrius' sister.
Demetrius now supported an insurrection by Ariarathes' brother Orophernes.
The Roman Senate ordered the two dynasts to split the kingdom, but in 158, Ariarathes V was restored by king Attalus II Philadelphus
Orophernes fled to the Seleucid Empire and was imprisoned

Note

He may be the man behind the Holophernes mentioned in the apocryphal book Judith.