Zariadres
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Zariadres was a King of Sophene.
Strabo
cites Sophene
being taken over by a "general" of king Antiochus III by 200 BC, called Zariadres.
Following the defeat of Antiochus III by the Romans at the Battle of Magnesia
in 190 BC, Zariadres and Artaxias
* revolted and with Roman consent began to reign as kings at the Treaty of Apamea in 188 BC; Zariadres over Sophene and Artaxias over Armenia.
It is possible that Zariadres (Dsariadres) was the father of Abdissares
, although the scant historical records have Abdissares ruling before Zariadres, the actual coinage of Abdissares does not carry that name but Abdissarou (Greek: Αβδισσαρού "Abdissarou"=Son of Abdissar).
The name written as Dsariadris might be a Greek corruption of the name Bagdassar.
A hypothesis is that king Bagdassar was forced to accept rule by king Antiochus III, but stayed as a Satrap, paying tribute until the Battle of Magnesia allowed him to reassert his independence. Strabo
was writing 200 years after these events and may not have been accurate.
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Kingdom of Sophene
The Kingdom of Sophene was an ancient Armenian kingdom. Founded around the 3rd century BC the kingdom maintained independence until 90s BC when Tigranes the Great conquered these territories as part of his empire...
Strabo
Strabo
Strabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea...
cites Sophene
Sophene
Sophene , or ) was a province of the Armenian Kingdom and of the Roman Empire, located in the south-west of the kingdom. It currently lies in modern-day southeastern Turkey....
being taken over by a "general" of king Antiochus III by 200 BC, called Zariadres.
Following the defeat of Antiochus III by the Romans at the Battle of Magnesia
Battle of Magnesia
The Battle of Magnesia was fought in 190 BC near Magnesia ad Sipylum, on the plains of Lydia , between the Romans, led by the consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio and his brother, the famed general Scipio Africanus, with their ally Eumenes II of Pergamum against the army of Antiochus III the Great of the...
in 190 BC, Zariadres and Artaxias
Artaxias I
Artaxias I was the founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty whose members ruled the Kingdom of Armenia for nearly two centuries....
* revolted and with Roman consent began to reign as kings at the Treaty of Apamea in 188 BC; Zariadres over Sophene and Artaxias over Armenia.
It is possible that Zariadres (Dsariadres) was the father of Abdissares
Abdissares
Abdissares ruled the kingdom of Sophene after the assassination of his father, Xerxes in 212 BC.There are no known western sources for this king, only numismatic. His coins are almost similar to those of his father....
, although the scant historical records have Abdissares ruling before Zariadres, the actual coinage of Abdissares does not carry that name but Abdissarou (Greek: Αβδισσαρού "Abdissarou"=Son of Abdissar).
The name written as Dsariadris might be a Greek corruption of the name Bagdassar.
A hypothesis is that king Bagdassar was forced to accept rule by king Antiochus III, but stayed as a Satrap, paying tribute until the Battle of Magnesia allowed him to reassert his independence. Strabo
Strabo
Strabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea...
was writing 200 years after these events and may not have been accurate.
- Over a dozen stone boundary markers have been discovered on the territory of modern ArmeniaArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
from the time of the reign of Artashes with Aramaic inscriptions, before their discovery the existence of these stones was attested by Moses of Chorene. In these inscriptions Artashes claims descent from the Yervanduni (Orontid) Dynasty: King Artaxias, the son of Orontid Zariadres.
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