Oriental studies

There are 625 items in Oriental studies:

Arsaces VIII, Bagasis

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 XVI

Arsaces XVI: little-known Arsacid king during a brief "dark period" in the history of the Parthian Empire (r.75-62/61). A Parthian After the long and…

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Arsames

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,…

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Artabanus II

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…

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