Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of
Old Persian
Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan language, Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native ...
) is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name of the
Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire (), also known as the Arsacid Empire (), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conque ...
of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the
Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous
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 ...
and Armenian form was xpr,
𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 and xcl,
Արշակ .
Kings of this name include:
*
Arsaces I of Parthia Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of Old Persian ) is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name of the Parthian Empire of Iran adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the Parthian_Empire, Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous Parthian ...
, c. 247–211 BC
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Arsaces II of Parthia
Arsaces II (; from grc-gre, Ἀρσάκης; in xpr, 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 ''Aršak'', fa, اشک ''Ašk''), was the Arsacid king of Parthia from 217 BC to 191 BC.
Name
' is the Latin form of the Greek ''Arsákēs'' (), itself from Parthian ''Aršak ...
, c. 211–191 BC, in older sequences known as 'Artabanus I'
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Arsaces of Pontus, Roman Client King of Pontus in the second half of the 1st century BC, son of
Pharnaces II of Pontus
Pharnaces II of Pontus ( grc-gre, Φαρνάκης; about 97–47 BC) was the king of the Bosporan Kingdom and Kingdom of Pontus until his death. He was a monarch of Persian and Greek ancestry. He was the youngest child born to King Mithridate ...
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Arsaces I of Armenia,
son of Artabanus III of Parthia, King of Armenia in 35
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Arsaces II (Arshak II), King of Armenia c.350–368
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Arsaces III (Arshak III), King of Armenia 378–387
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Arsakes Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of Old Persian ) is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name of the Parthian Empire of Iran adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous Parthian and Armenian f ...
, a minor Indo-Scythian ruler
Others
*
Arsaces Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of Old Persian ) is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name of the Parthian Empire of Iran adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous Parthian and Armenian fo ...
, son of King
Khosrov IV of Armenia
Khosrov IV ( hy, Խոսրով Դ) was a noble of the Arsacid dynasty who served as the Sasanian client king of Armenia from 385 until 389.
Origins
The exact origins of Khosrov IV are unknown. The Armenian historians of the 5th century, Faustus o ...
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Arsaces (conspirator) - A Byzantine Armenian, instigator of
Artabanes
Artabanes ( el, , Armenian: ''Artawan'', from Parthian ''Artawân'', '' fl.'' 538–554) was an East Roman (Byzantine) general of Armenian origin who served under Justinian I (r. 527–565). Initially a rebel against Byzantine authority, he fl ...
plot against
Justinian I
Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565.
His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovat ...
See also
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Arash
Arash the Archer ( fa, آرش کمانگیر ''Āraš-e Kamāngīr'') is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology.
According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own ...
(given name)
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Ashk (given name)
{{for, the village in Iran, Ashk, Iran
Ashk ( fa, اشک) is an ancient male given name of Iranian origin. It also appears as peo, 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣 ''Aršaka'', xpr, 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 ''Aršak'', hy, Արշակ, or ''Arsaces'' ( grc, Ἀρσ ...
, Arshak, Arshaka
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