Arsaces I of Armenia, also known as Arsaces I, Arshak I and Arsak (ruled 35 AD) was a Parthian Prince who was King of

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

during 35 AD. Arsaces I was the first-born son of the Parthian King

Artabanus II of Parthia Artabanus II (also spelled Artabanos II or Ardawan II; xpr, 𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓 ''Ardawān''), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus III, was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 12 to 38/41 AD, with a one-year interruption. He wa ...

by an unnamed wife. After the death of Roman Client King of Armenia,

Artaxias III Artaxias III, also known as Zeno-Artaxias, ( el, Άρταξίας, 13 BC–34 AD) was a Pontic prince and later a Roman Client King of Armenia. Artaxias birth name was Zenon ( el, Ζήνων). He was the first son and child born to Roman Client ...

, in 34 AD, Artabanus II decided to put his son on the Armenian throne. Artabanus II made Arsaces I King of Armenia and Arsaces was accompanied to Armenia with a strong army. However, Roman emperor

Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...

, refused to accept Arsaces I as King of Armenia. So Tiberius, with the support of King

Pharasmanes I of Iberia Pharasmanes I the Great ( ka, ფარსმან I დიდი) (died 58) was a king of Iberia. He plays a prominent role in the historian Tacitus’ account of policy and campaigns in the eastern lands of the Roman Empire under Tiberius, Cali ...

, appointed Pharasmanes' brother, Mithridates, to be the new Roman Client Armenian King. Meanwhile, Arsaces I's time as Armenian king was brief. Less than a year into his reign, Arsaces I was poisoned by his servants who had been bribed to carry out the deed. After Arsaces I died, Artabanus II put another of his sons, Orodes, on the Armenian throne. However, Orodes soon had to face Mithridates in a military campaign.Chaumont, ''Armenia between Rome and Iran I: the advent of Augustus to the accession of Diocletian'', p.88

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Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historiography, Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving portions of his t ...

, Annals of Imperial Rome, 1st century * R. Grousset, History of Armenia from its origins to 1071, Paris Payot, 1947 (reprinted again in 1984, 1995 & 2008) * M.L. Chaumont, ''Armenia between Rome and Iran I: the advent of Augustus to the accession of Diocletian'' from Aufstieg und Niedergang der Welt Römischen II, 1976 * G. Dedeyan, History of the Armenian people, Privat Toulouse, 2007 {{Armenian kings 1st-century kings of Armenia Roman client kings of Armenia 1st-century Iranian people Zoroastrian rulers 35 deaths