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Mithridates III Antiochus Epiphanes, also known as Mithridates III Commagene (Greek: ? ??T??d?t?? ??t????? ?p?fa???) was a man of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
n and Greek
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 descent, who lived in the 1st century BC. He was a prince of Commagene. Mithridates was the son and successor of King Mithridates II of Commagene
Mithridates II of Commagene

Mithridates II Antiochus Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen Monocritis, also known as Mithridates II of Commagene was a man of Armenian and Greeks descent who lived in the 1st century BC....
 and Queen Laodice
Laodice (wife of Mithridates II of Commagene)

Laodice , was a Greek woman who lived in the 1st century BC. She had married the Greek King from the Kingdom of Commagene Mithridates II of Commagene, the first son and heir to Greek King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene and Greek Queen Isias of Commagene....
 of Commagene.

Mithridates sometime after 30 BC, had married Princess of Media and daughter of King Artavasdes I of Media
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
, Iotapa
Iotapa

Iotapa or Iotape also known as Iotapi was the name of various Queens and Princesses who lived in between the 2nd century BC, 1st century BC and 1st century....
.






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Mithridates III Antiochus Epiphanes, also known as Mithridates III Commagene (Greek: ? ??T??d?t?? ??t????? ?p?fa???) was a man of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
n and Greek
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 descent, who lived in the 1st century BC. He was a prince of Commagene. Mithridates was the son and successor of King Mithridates II of Commagene
Mithridates II of Commagene

Mithridates II Antiochus Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen Monocritis, also known as Mithridates II of Commagene was a man of Armenian and Greeks descent who lived in the 1st century BC....
 and Queen Laodice
Laodice (wife of Mithridates II of Commagene)

Laodice , was a Greek woman who lived in the 1st century BC. She had married the Greek King from the Kingdom of Commagene Mithridates II of Commagene, the first son and heir to Greek King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene and Greek Queen Isias of Commagene....
 of Commagene.

Mithridates sometime after 30 BC, had married Princess of Media and daughter of King Artavasdes I of Media
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
, Iotapa
Iotapa

Iotapa or Iotape also known as Iotapi was the name of various Queens and Princesses who lived in between the 2nd century BC, 1st century BC and 1st century....
. Iotapa had borne Mithridates a son, Antiochus III of Commagene
Antiochus III of Commagene

Antiochus III Epiphanes, also known as Antiochus III of Commagene was a man of Armenian, Greeks and Medes descent. Antiochus was a prince and king of Commagene....
 and a daughter, Iotapa
Iotapa

Iotapa or Iotape also known as Iotapi was the name of various Queens and Princesses who lived in between the 2nd century BC, 1st century BC and 1st century....
. They also had another daughter called Iotapa
Iotapa

Iotapa or Iotape also known as Iotapi was the name of various Queens and Princesses who lived in between the 2nd century BC, 1st century BC and 1st century....
, who married King Sampsiceramus II of Emesa (modern Homs
Homs

Hims Hims did not emerge into the light of history until the 1st century BCE at the time of Seleucids. It later became the capital of a kingdom ruled by the Royal Family of Emesa who gave the city its name....
, Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
). When Mithridates’ father died in 20 BC, he succeeded his father. He reigned as king between 20 BC-12 BC. Very little is known on his life and his reign as King. When he died in 12 BC, Antiochus III of Commagene
Antiochus III of Commagene

Antiochus III Epiphanes, also known as Antiochus III of Commagene was a man of Armenian, Greeks and Medes descent. Antiochus was a prince and king of Commagene....
 became king. Antiochus III ruled with his sister and they had married each other.

See also

  • Commagene
  • List of rulers of Commagene
    List of rulers of Commagene

    The Kingdom of Commagene was a small Hellenized Armenian kingdom in southern Anatolia near Antioch, which began life as a tributary state of the Seleucid Empire and later became an independent kingdom, before eventually being annexed by the Roman Empire in 72....

Sources

  • The Building Program of Herod the Great, By Duane W. Roller, Published by University of California Press 1998, ISBN 0520209346