Artavasdes I of Armenia
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Artavasdes I of Armenia (also called Artavazd, Armenian
: Արտավազդ Առաջին) (reigned 160 BC
– 115 BC
) was the son of Artaxias I
and Queen Satenik
.
Artavasdes repelled several attempts by Parthians
to invade Armenia but was eventually defeated by Mithridates
, who annexed parts of Eastern Armenia and took his son, Tigranes the Great
as hostage.
According to Professor Cyril Toumanoff
, Artavasdes I can be identified with the Armenian king who, according to the medieval Georgian annals, interfered in Iberia at the request of local nobility and installed his son, Artaxias
, on the throne of Iberia, thereby inaugurating the Iberian Artaxiad dynasty
.
Armenian language
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...
: Արտավազդ Առաջին) (reigned 160 BC
160 BC
Year 160 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallus and Cethegus...
– 115 BC
115 BC
Year 115 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scaurus and Metellus...
) was the son of Artaxias I
Artaxias I
Artaxias I was the founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty whose members ruled the Kingdom of Armenia for nearly two centuries....
and Queen Satenik
Satenik
Satenik was the name of the Alan princess who married Artashes I, the king of Armenia. Their love story, known as Artashes and Satenik, is presented by the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi in his History of Armenia...
.
Artavasdes repelled several attempts by Parthians
Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire , also known as the Arsacid Empire , was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Persia...
to invade Armenia but was eventually defeated by Mithridates
Mithridates II of Parthia
Mithridates II the Great was king of Parthian Empire from 123 to 88 BC. His name invokes the protection of Mithra. He adopted the title Epiphanes, "god manifest" and introduced new designs on his extensive coinage....
, who annexed parts of Eastern Armenia and took his son, Tigranes the Great
Tigranes the Great
Tigranes the Great was emperor of Armenia under whom the country became, for a short time, the strongest state east of the Roman Republic. He was a member of the Artaxiad Royal House...
as hostage.
According to Professor Cyril Toumanoff
Cyril Toumanoff
Cyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff was an United States-based historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, the Byzantine Empire, and Iran...
, Artavasdes I can be identified with the Armenian king who, according to the medieval Georgian annals, interfered in Iberia at the request of local nobility and installed his son, Artaxias
Artaxias I of Iberia
Artaxias I, of the Artaxiad dynasty, was a king of Iberia from 90 to 78 BC. He is known exclusively from the medieval Georgian chronicles which gives his name as Arshak .A son of the king of Armenia, purportedly of Artavasdes I Artaxias I, of the Artaxiad dynasty, was a king of Iberia (modern-day...
, on the throne of Iberia, thereby inaugurating the Iberian Artaxiad dynasty
Artaxiad dynasty of Iberia
The Artaxiads , a branch of the eponymous dynasty of Armenia, ruled Iberia from c. 90 BC to 30 AD. According to the medieval Georgian chronicles, they acquired the crown of Iberia after the Iberian nobles revolted against their king P’arnajom, of the Pharnabazid dynasty, and petitioned the king of...
.