Artavasdes is the
Hellenized
Hellenization (other British spelling Hellenisation) or Hellenism is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language and identity by non-Greeks. In the ancient period, colonization often led to the Hellenization of indigenous peoples; in th ...
form of the Iranian name . Variant renderings in Greek include (), (), and (); in Armenian (); and in Latin or .
People with this name include:
Persian satraps
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Artabazos I of Phrygia
Artabazos ( grc, wikt:Ἀρτάβαζος, Ἀρτάβαζος; fl. 480 BC - 455 BC) was a Persian people, Persian general in the army of Xerxes I, and later satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia (now northwest Turkey) under the Achaemenid dynasty, foun ...
(flourished 5th century BC)
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Artabazos II of Phrygia (flourished 4th century BC)
Kings and emperors
Media Atropatene
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Artabazanes (flourished 3rd century BC), King of Media Atropatene
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Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene
Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene, also known as Artavasdes I of Atropatene (before or about 59 BC-about 20 BC) and Artabazus, was a Prince who served as a King of Media Atropatene. Artavasdes I was an enemy of King Artavasdes II of Armenia and his ...
(flourished 1st century BC), King of Media Atropatene and Sophene
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Artavasdes I, King of Media Atropatene and Armenia from AD 4 to 6, also known as Artavasdes III of Armenia
Armenia
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Artavasdes I (died 115 BC), King of Armenia
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Artavasdes II
Artavasdes II ( grc, ΑΡΤΑΒΑΖΔΟΥ ''Artabázēs'') was king of Armenia from 55 BC to 34 BC. A member of the Artaxiad Dynasty, he was the son and successor of Tigranes the Great (). His mother was Cleopatra of Pontus, thus making his matern ...
(died 31 BC), King of Armenia 53 BC to 34 BC
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Artavasdes III
Artavasdes IV of Armenia; also known as Artavasdes II of Atropatene;Swan, ''The Augustan Succession: An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio’s Roman History, Books 55–56 (9 B.C.–A.D. 14)'', p. 114 Artavasdes II of Media Atropatene and Armeni ...
, King of Armenia and Media Atropatene from AD 4 to 6, also known as Artavasdes II of Media Atropatene
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Artavasdes IV, King of Armenia from 252 until 287
Characene
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Artabazos of Characene, a King who flourished late 40s BC
Byzantine empire
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Artabasdos
Artavasdos or Artabasdos ( el, or , from Armenian: Արտավազդ, ''Artavazd'', ''Ardavazt''), Latinized as Artabasdus, was a Byzantine general of Armenian descent who seized the throne from June 741 or 742 until November 743, in usurpatio ...
(died 743), Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople who died in 743
Others
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Artabazes (military officer)
Artabazes ( el, Ἀρταβάζης; died 542), whose name is often latinised as Ardabastos, was a Sasanian cavalryman and later a Byzantine military officer, recorded taking part in the Roman-Persian Wars and Gothic War. He was killed just prior ...
(died 542), Byzantine soldier
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Artavasdes I Mamikonian Artavasdes I Mamikonian ( Armenian: Արտավազդ Ա Մամիկոնյան) was an Armenian sparapet
' ( hy, սպարապետ) was a military title and office in ancient and medieval Armenia. Under the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia, the ' was the ...
, an Armenian sparapet
* Ardabast (Ardabastus), probably legendary son of
Wittiza, Visigothic king
* Ardabast (Ardebart), Father of
Erwig, Visigothic king
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