Ariazate Explained

Ariazate (also spelled Aryzate or Aryazate, meaning "Child of an Iranian"), also known as Automa, was a Parthian queen consort as the wife of the Parthian monarch Gotarzes I .

She was an Artaxiad princess of Armenia as the daughter of the Artaxiad king Tigranes the Great .

According to Zoroastrian law, the king could marry several women,^[1] all of whom were normally given the Greek title “basilissa” (“queen”), as well as legitimate wives without a title and have sons considered legitimate with the palace slave women and Greek hetaira used to entertain in his banquets, but no hierarchy is known for the queen-wives.

Ariazate was possibly the mother of Gotarze's son and successor Orodes I .

Sources

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Notes and References

1. Lerouge, Ch. 2007. L’image des Parthes dans le monde gréco-romain. Stuttgart.