Iran

There are 1733 items in Iran:

Orodes III

Orodes III: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.c.6-c.8). Orodes III Shortly after the violent death of king Phraataces, the Parthian nobility elected…

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Oroetus

Oroetus: Persian satrap of Lydia, appointed by king Cyrus the Great, responsible for the death of Polycrates of Samos, killed by order of king Darius I the Great. …

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Osroes I

Osroes I: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.105?-129; co-ruler). Osroes I In c.105 CE, the Parthian king Pacorus II died. He was…

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Osroes II

Osroes II: Arsacid rebel king in the Parthian Empire (r.c.190). A Parthian In the first half of the second century, the Parthian Empire had…

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Otanes

Otanes (Old Persian Utâna): Persian nobleman, one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta and helped Darius I the Great become king (29 September 522 BCE). Several years later, he added the Greek island Samos to the…

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Oxyathres

Oxyathres (Old Persian Vaxšuvarda; c.375-after 324): brother of the last king of the Achaemenid Empire, Darius III Codomannus, and courtier of Alexander the Great. …

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Pacorus I

Pacorus I: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.41-38?). A Parthian Since 57 BCE, Orodes II had been ruler of the Parthian Empire.…

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Pacorus II

Pacorus II: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.78-105). A Parthian In 78 CE, the Parthian king Vologases Idied. He was succeeded by…

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