Ariazate (also spelled Aryzate or Aryazate, meaning "Child of an
Iranian"), also known as Automa, was a Parthian queen consort as the wife of the
Parthian Parthian may be:
Historical
* A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern of Greater Iran
* Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
* Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language
* Parthian shot, an archery skill famously employed by ...
monarch
Gotarzes I ().
She was an
Artaxiad princess of
Armenia as the daughter of the Artaxiad king
Tigranes the Great ().
According to Zoroastrian law, the king could marry several women,
[Lerouge, Ch. 2007. L’image des Parthes dans le monde gréco-romain. Stuttgart.] all of whom were normally given the Greek title “basilissa” (“queen”), as well as legitimate wives without a title and have sons considered legitimate with the palace slave women and Greek
hetaira used to entertain in his banquets, but no hierarchy is known for the queen-wives.
Ariazate was possibly the mother of Gotarze's son and successor
Orodes I
Orodes I (also spelled Urud I; xpr, 𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃 ''Wērōd/Urūd''), was king of the Parthian Empire from 80 to 75 BC. He was the son and heir of Gotarzes I (). His reign is relatively obscure. His throne may have been usurped in 87–80 BC ...
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2nd-century BC Iranian people
Armenian princesses
Artaxiad dynasty
Parthian queens