Arsaces is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name (rather than the personal names of the kings) adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the 'phil-hellenenic' Arsacid dynasties
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Arsaces is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name (rather than the personal names of the kings) adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the 'phil-hellenenic' Arsacid dynasties
Arsacid Dynasty
The Arsacid Dynasty may refer to:*Arsacid Empire*Arsacid Dynasty of Armenia*Arsacid dynasty of Iberia*Arsacid Dynasty of Caucasian Albania... . 'Arsaces'—A?sa??? on their coinage—is a variant form of (likewise hellenized) 'Artaxias' or 'Artaxerxes', in the latter case specifically Artaxerxes II, from whom the Arsacids claimed to descend. The indigenous Parthian
Parthian language
The Parthian language, also known as Arsacid Pahlavi and Pahlavanik, is a now-extinct ancient Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Parthia, a region of northeastern Greater Iran, to include a significant portion of Greater Khorasan.... and Armenian
Armenian language
The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.... form was 'Arshak'.
Arsaces I was the 3rd century BCE founder of the Arsacid dynasty, and after whom all 30+ monarchs of the Arsacid empire officially named themselves.... , c. 247–211 BC
Arsaces II, also Artabanus I, of the Arsacid dynasty was King of Parthia between 211 BC and 191 BC. Greek 'Arsaces' appears as 'Artabanus' in Latin sources, and both forms appear in history books.... , c. 211–191 BC, in older sequences known as 'Artabanus I'.
Artaxias may refer to:* Artaxias I, King of Armenia, reigned 190?159 BC* Artaxias II, King of Armenia, reigned 34?20 BC* Artaxias III, King of Armenia, reigned 18?35 AD... , c. 34–35
