Arsames (Old Persian: Aršâma): name of the grandfather of the Persian king Darius I the Great. He must have lived in the mid-sixth century BCE.Arsames is mentioned in the prologue of the Behistun Inscription, in which its author, Darius the Great,…
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…
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…
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…
Arsinoe III (c.†204 BCE): wife of Ptolemy IV Philopator, queen in the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives
Arsinoe III
Father: Ptolemy III Euergetes
Mother: Berenice II
Husband:…
Arsinoe IV (after 69-41): queen in the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives:
Father: Ptolemy XII Auletes
Main deeds:
After 69: Born
48: Together with her brother Ptolemy XIV, Arsinoe is made queen of Cyprus by Julius Caesar
She flees from Alexandria and is presented by Achillas as queen…
Artabanus II: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.10-38).Accession
Artabanus II
Shortly after the violent death of king Phraataces, the Parthian nobility elected…
Artabazus (Elamite: Irdumasda; Persian Artavazdâ?): Persian nobleman, member of the Pharnacid house, who held various commands during the first half of the fifth century.
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Artabazus II (Elamite: Irdumasda; Persian Artavazdâ?): Persian nobleman (c.389-325), played a very important role during the war between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid empire.
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