Orontes IV, king of Armenia

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Orontes

Armenian: Երվանդ
Also Known As: "Orontes IV", "King of Armenia"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bef. 235 BCE, Armenia
Death: circa -190 (36-54)
Bet. 212-189 BCE, Armenia
Place of Burial: Armavir, Armavir, Armenia
Immediate Family:

Son of Arsames I, king of Armenia, Sophene & Commagene
Father of Ptolemy I, king of Commagene
Brother of Xerxes I, king of Sophene & Commagene; Mithrenes II and Mithras High Priest of the Sun Armenia

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About Orontes IV, king of Armenia

Aroandes Orontes IV, King of Armenia, was born circa 235 BC; died circa 212 BC.



Orontes IV

Orontes IV (Armenian: Երվանդ Դ, Yervand IV) was the son of King Arsames and is recorded as ruling Armenia from inscriptions found at the historic capital of the Orontid dynasty, Armavir. In his reign the religious site of Bagaran was founded. Large bronze statues in the Hellenistic style of the gods, Zeus (Aramazd), Artemis (Anahit) and Herakles (Vahagn) were brought there and set up in temples dedicated to them. He is also said to have founded a shrine at Armavir dedicated to Apollo (Mithra), a golden statue of four horses pulling a chariot with Apollo as god of the Sun. This was later destroyed by the Sassanid Persian army in the 4th century AD.

King Antiochus III instigated a revolt against King Orontes IV. Strabo, who wrote about this 200 years later, stated that it was general Artaxias I, who was also an Orontid, who overthrew King Orontes IV. Aramaic inscriptions found at Armavir state that King Orontes IV died at the hands of his own army, in other words by betrayal from Artaxias I. This was most likely bribery of the Armenian army by King Antiochus III.

Artaxias I took over as King of Armenia soon afterwards, according to Strabo. Orontes IV had a son, Ptolemaeus of Commagene, who served as the last Satrap of Commagene between 201-163 BC, became in 163 BC the first King of Commagene and died in 130 BC.

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

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Orontes IV, king of Armenia's Timeline

-235
-235
Bef. 235 BCE, Armenia
-202
-202
Armenia
-190
-190
Age 44
Bet. 212-189 BCE, Armenia
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Armavir, Armavir, Armenia