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Artabanus II
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King of Kings of the Parthian Empire (r. 12 AD - 38/41 AD)
Key facts
- Reign
- ???–12 AD
- Predecessor
- Artavasdes II
- Successor
- Vonones II
- Born
- 30–25 BC, Dahistan
- Died
- 38/41 AD
- Issue
- Arsaces I , Orodes , Vardanes I , Artabanus, Gotarzes II (adopted)
- Dynasty
- Arsacid dynasty
- Father
- Dahae or Atropatid prince
- Mother
- unnamed daughter of Phraates IV
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Sibling
- Vonones II of Parthia
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- king
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Image
- Coin of Artabanus II, Seleucia mint.jpg
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- Artabanos II of Parthia
- date of death
- 0038-01-01
- date of birth
- 0100-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Artabanus II (also spelled Artabanos II or Ardawan II; Parthian: 𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓 Ardawān), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus III, was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 12 to 38/41 AD, with a one-year interruption. He was the nephew and successor of Vonones I (r. 8–12). His father has been variously identified as a Dahae or Atropatid prince, whilst his mother was a daughter of the Parthian King of Kings Phraates IV (r. 37–2 BC).
Before his ascension to the Parthian throne, Artabanus had ruled as king of Media Atropatene, which later served as his base of attacks against the Roman-supported Parthian king Vonones I. Artabanus eventually defeated Vonones I, who fled to Armenia and became its king. Artabanus' efforts to replace Vonones I with his son were blocked by the Romans, who eventually reached an agreement with the Parthians to appoint Artaxias III the new king of Armenia and renounce their support of Vonones I.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Artabanus II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.