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 the ...
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 (flourished 5th century BC)
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Artabazos II of Phrygia
Artabazos II (in Greek Ἀρτάβαζος) (fl. 389 – 328 BC) was a Persian general and satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia. He was the son of the Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia Pharnabazus II, and younger kinsman (most probably ...
(flourished 4th century BC)
Kings and emperors
Media Atropatene
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Artabazanes
Artabazanes of Media Atropatene ( peo, *R̥tabr̥zaⁿs, or ; grc, Ἀρταβαζάνης ; flourished 3rd century BC) was a Prince and King of the Atropatene Kingdom. He ruled in 221 BC or 220 BC and was a contemporary of the Seleucid Greek Ki ...
(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 (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
Artabazos I of Characene was a king of Characene, a vassal state of the Parthians, His short reign lasted only from 49/48-48/47 BC.
Like most kings of Characene, he is known only from numismatic sources,
A unique tetradrachm, is dated DXS (48-47 ...
, a King who flourished late 40s BC
Byzantine empire
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Artabasdos (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 Visigothic King of Hispania from 694 until his death, co-ruling with his father, Egica, until 702 or 703.
Joint rule
Early in his reign, Ergi ...
, Visigothic king
* Ardabast (Ardebart), Father of
Erwig
Erwig ( la, Flavius Ervigius; 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 ...
, Visigothic king
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