Arrian (c.87 - after 145): Greek historian and senator of the Roman empire, author of several historical studies. His best-known work is the Anabasis, which deals with Alexander the Great. Arrian is the author of various other philosophical and historical…
Arsaces II: Arsacid king of the Parni in Parthia (r.211-185), second king of the Parthian Empire.
Portrait of a Parthian
After Arsaces and his brother…
Arsaces III Phriapatius: Arsacid king of the Parni in Parthia (r.185-170), third king of the Parthian Empire.
Portrait of a Parthian
In the third quarter…
Arsaces IV: Arsacid king of the Parni in Parthia (r.170-168), fourth king of the Parthian Empire.Arsaces IV appears to have been the son of Arsaces II, who became king of the Parni in Parthia after Arsaces III Phriapatius: In these years, the…
Arsaces: king of Armenia (r. 34-36 CE), first ruler from the Arsacid dynasty.After the reign of Artaxias III Zeno, a Pontic prince who had been made king of Armenia in 18 CE by the Roman prince Germanicus, the Parthian king…
Arsaces VIII, Bagasis: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.127-126). He is almost certainly identical to the prince Bagayasha who had occupied several high offices during the reign of king Mithradates I the Great.
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Arsaces X: little-known Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.122-121).After the death of Artabanus I, who was killed in a battle against the Yuezhi nomads in Central Eurasia in 122 BCE, Mithradates II became king. He would succeed in restoring order on…