Arsaces I of Armenia, also known as Arsaces I, Arshak I and Arsak (ruled 35 AD[1]) was a Parthian Prince who was King of Armenia during 35 AD.

Arsaces I was the first-born son of the Parthian King Artabanus II of Parthia by an unnamed wife.[2]

After the death of Roman Client King of Armenia, Artaxias III, in 34 AD, Artabanus II decided to put his son on the Armenian throne. Artabanus II made Arsaces I King of Armenia and Arsaces was accompanied to Armenia with a strong army.[3] However, Roman emperor Tiberius, refused to accept Arsaces I as King of Armenia. So Tiberius, with the support of King Pharasmanes I of Iberia, appointed Pharasmanes' brother, Mithridates, to be the new Roman Client Armenian King.[4]

Meanwhile, Arsaces I's time as Armenian king was brief. Less than a year into his reign, Arsaces I was poisoned by his servants who had been bribed to carry out the deed.[5] After Arsaces I died, Artabanus II put another of his sons, Orodes, on the Armenian throne. However, Orodes soon had to face Mithridates in a military campaign.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 35 Arsaces is assassinated. iranicaonline.org
  2. ↑ Tacitus, Annals, 6.31
  3. ↑ Dedeyan, History of the Armenian people, p.138
  4. ↑ Grousset, History of Armenia from its origins to 1071, p.105
  5. ↑ Tacitus, Annals, 6.33
  6. ↑ Chaumont, Armenia between Rome and Iran I: the advent of Augustus to the accession of Diocletian, p.88

Sources

  • Tacitus, Annals of Imperial Rome, 1st century
  • R. Grousset, History of Armenia from its origins to 1071, Paris Payot, 1947 (reprinted again in 1984, 1995 & 2008)
  • M.L. Chaumont, Armenia between Rome and Iran I: the advent of Augustus to the accession of Diocletian from Aufstieg und Niedergang der Welt Römischen II, 1976
  • G. Dedeyan, History of the Armenian people, Privat Toulouse, 2007
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