Artavasdes is the
Hellenized
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form of the Iranian name . Variant renderings in Greek include (), (), and (); in Armenian (); and in Latin or . Artavasdes' name is the Latin attestation of an Old Iranian name *Ṛtavazdah-, identical to the Avestan Ašavazdah, presumably meaning "powerful/persevering through truth"
People with this name include:
Persian satraps
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Artabazos I of Phrygia
Artabazos (; 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, founder of the Pharnacid dynasty of satraps. He ...
(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 (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 ( ), also known as Artavazd II, 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 (), who ascended the throne of a still powerful and independent state. His m ...
(died 31 BC), King of Armenia 53 BC to 34 BC
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Artavasdes III, 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
Artabasdos or Artavasdos ( or , from , , ), Latinized as Artabasdus, was a Byzantine general of Armenian descent who seized the throne from June 741 until November 743, in usurpation of the reign of Constantine V.
Rise to power
In about 713, ...
(died 743), Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople who died in 743
Others
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Artabazes (military officer) (died 542), Byzantine soldier
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Artavasdes I Mamikonian, an Armenian sparapet
* Ardabast (Ardabastus), probably legendary son of
Wittiza
Wittiza (''Witiza'', ''Witica'', ''Witicha'', ''Vitiza'', or ''Witiges''; 687 – probably 710) was the king of the Visigoths from 694 until his death, co-ruling with his father, Egica, until 702 or 703.
Joint rule
Early in his reign, Egica m ...
, Visigothic king
* Ardabast (Ardebart), Father of
Erwig
Erwig (; after 642 – 687) was a king of the Visigoths in Hispania (680–687).
Parentage
According to the 9th-century '' Chronicle of Alfonso III'', Erwig was the son of Ardabast, who had journeyed from the Byzantine Empire to Hispania during ...
, Visigothic king
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