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Ariobarzanes

Kings of Media Atropatene and Armenia

1. Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene, king of Media Atropatene from 65 BCE to 56 BCE
2. Ariobarzanes II of Media Atropatene, grandson of Ariobarzanes I, king of Media Atropatene from 20 BCE to 8 BCE, and king of Armenia from 2 BCE to AD 4

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    • . . [PART102] King Orodes I of Parthia m. [COMG204] Princess --- of Commagene
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        • . . . . [PART123] Julia Urania m. [NUMD331] King Ptolemy of Mauretania (15BCE)
    • . . [PART101] King Mithridates I of Media, Atropatene, Parthia & Persia m. [ARMX192] --- of Artaces
      • . . . [PART111] Ariobarzanes I of Media-Atropatene m. [GALA112] --- of Galatia

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Atropatene was an ancient region in modern north western Iran, formerly a part of Media.

Atropatene was the name of Iranian Azerbaijan from the time of Alexander the Great until the Arab conquest of Iran, after which Arabs modified the name into Azerbaijan. It was called Atropatene or Media Atropatene after Atropates who made it independent soon after the death of Alexander the Great. Before that, it was called Matiene after the Matiani, an Iranic people who settled there. Before the Matiani came, it was called Mannae, and the people Mannaeans. From Persian times, the capital was Gazaca, south of Lake Matianus.

Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene

Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene, also known as Ariobarzanes I of Media, Ariobarzanes of Atropatene, Ariobarzanes I and Ariobarzanes (flourished 1st century BC, ruled from 65 BC-56 BC) was a Prince who served as a King of Media Atropatene.

Ariobarzanes I was a monarch of Median and possibly of Armenian, Greek descent. According to modern genealogies, Ariobarzanes I was a son of a previous ruling King Mithridates I and his wife, an unnamed Armenian Princess from the Artaxiad Dynasty who was a daughter of the Armenian King Tigranes the Great and his wife, Cleopatra of Pontus, which can explain the claims of Mithridates I’s descendants to the Armenian Kingship in opposition to the lasting ruling monarchs of the Artaxiad Dynasty. Another possibility in linking Ariobarzanes I as a son born to Mithridates I and his wife is through his name. The name Ariobarzanes is a name of Iranian origin. There were Persian Satraps who bore this name as did some of the ancestors of Cleopatra of Pontus. Cleopatra was a Pontian Princess, who was a daughter of King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his first wife, his sister Laodice.

Little is known on the life of Ariobarzanes I. Ariobarzanes I appeared to have succeeded Darius I as King of Media Atropatene in 65 BC, whom appeared to have a short reign. Ariobarzanes I and Darius I were related as they may had been brothers. Although Ariobarzanes I ruled from 65 BC til 56 BC, his reign in the time-scale would appear to preclude the short reign of Darius I and shows that he came to the throne sometime before 59 BC.

Little is known on the reign of Ariobarzanes I. He appeared to have died in 56 BC, as he was succeeded by his son Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene. His son from an unnamed wife, was born before 59 BC.

In Rome, two Epitaph inscriptions have been found bearing the name of Artavasdes. The Epitaphs are probably of the son and the grandson of a Median Atropatenian King called Ariobarzanes. However it is uncertain, if the Ariobarzanes refers to Ariobarzanes I or his grandson Ariobarzanes II. Ariobarzanes I is mentioned in paragraph 33 of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariobarzanes_I_of_Media_Atropatene