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

Artabazos I of Phrygia Artabazos ( grc, Ἀρτάβαζος; fl. 480 BC - 455 BC) was a 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. ...

(flourished 5th century BC) *

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

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 *

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 * Artavasdes I, King of Media Atropatene and Armenia from AD 4 to 6, also known as Artavasdes III of Armenia

Armenia

* Artavasdes I (died 115 BC), King of Armenia *

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 *

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 * Artavasdes IV, King of Armenia from 252 until 287

Characene

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

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 usurpation ...

(died 743), Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople who died in 743

Others

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 *

Artavasdes I Mamikonian Artavasdes I Mamikonian (Armenian: Արտավազդ Ա Մամիկոնյան) was an Armenian sparapet of the Kingdom of Armenia, and the oldest ancestor of the Mamikonian family. He lived at the end of the 3rd and early 4th centuries. According to ...

, 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 {{given name