Rulers of Atropatene

Atropatene (; ; ), also known as Atropatia or Atropatian Media (; ), was an ancient Iranian kingdom established in by the Persian satrap Atropates (). The kingdom, mostly centered around the present-day Azerbaijan region in northwestern Iran, was ruled by Atropates' descendants until the early 1st-century AD, when the Parthian Arsacid dynasty supplanted them. It was conquered by the Sasanians in 226, and turned into a province governed by a marzban ("margrave"). Atropatene was the only Iranian region to remain under Zoroastrian authority from the Achaemenids to the Arab conquest without interr

King of Kings of the Parthian Empire (r. 12 AD - 38/41 AD)

1st century king of Media Atropatene

Parthian king

Atropates (; and Middle Persian ; ; – after 321 BC) was a Persian nobleman who served Darius III, then Alexander the Great, and eventually founded an independent kingdom and dynasty that was named after him. Diodorus (18.4) refers to him as (), while Quintus Curtius (8.3.17) erroneously names him 'Arsaces'.

Prince who served as King of Media Atropatene

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king of Armenia

thumb|Artabazanes ruled in Media Atropatene. Artabazanes of Media Atropatene (, or ; ; flourished 3rd century BC) was a Prince and King of the Atropatene Kingdom. He ruled in 221 BC or 220 BC and was a contemporary of the Seleucid Greek King Antiochus III the Great.