Hellenistic

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Arsames of Armenia

Arsames (Greek:᾽Αρσάμης): Orontid king in Armenia (r. c.240 BCE)King Arsames, who ruled (part of) Armenia, is known from the inscriptions, found on Nemrud Dagi, in which king Antiochus I Theos of Commagene mentions his ancestors. Arsames must be dated in the…

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Arsinoe I

Arsinoe I: first wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, queen in the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives: Father: Lysimachus Mother: Nicaea Husband: Ptolemy II Philadelphus Son: Ptolemy 'the son', Ptolemy III Euergetes, Lysimachus, Berenice Phernephorus (married to Antiochus II Theos) Main deeds: c.285: Marriage between Arsinoe I and Ptolemy II…

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Arsinoe II

Arsinoe II (c.316-268): second wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, queen in the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives Arsinoe II Father: Ptolemy I Soter Mother: Berenice I First…

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