Artavasdes
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Artavazhda, Iranian name, transcribed in Greek varyingly as Artabazos, Artabazes, Artavazde and Artavasdes, had several prominent carriers in antiquity.
- Artabazos I of Phrygia
- Artabazos II of Phrygia
- Artavasdes I of ArmeniaArtavasdes I of ArmeniaArtavasdes I of Armenia was the son of Artaxias I and Queen Satenik....
- Artavasdes II of ArmeniaArtavasdes II of ArmeniaKing Artavasdes II ruled Armenia from 53 to 34 BC. He succeeded his father, Tigranes the Great. Artavasdes was an ally of Rome, but when Orodes II of Parthia invaded Armenia following his victory over the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, he was forced to...
- Artavasdes III of ArmeniaArtavasdes III of ArmeniaArtavazd III an educated prince who would rule over twenty years and his reign witnessed a worsening of relations between Rome and Armenia. During those twenty years Rome lost the opportunity of making Armenia its permanent ally in the battle against the Persians...
- ArtabazanesArtabazanesArtabazanes of Media Atropatene was a ruler of the Persian Atropatene kingdom of Armenia. He ruled 221 BCE or 220 BCE, and was contemporary of Antiochus III the Great....
, i.e Artavasdes I of Media - Artavasdes II of Media and Sophene
- Artavasdes IV of Armenia
- Artavazd VI of Armenia
- ArtabasdosArtabasdosArtavasdos, Latinized as Artabasdos or Artabasdus , was Byzantine Emperor of Armenian descent from June 741 or 742 until November 743...
, emperor of Constantinople