Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene explained

Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene,[1] also known as Ariobarzanes I of Media,[2] Ariobarzanes of Atropatene,[3] Ariobarzanes I[4] and Ariobarzanes[5] (flourished 1st century BC, ruled from 65 BC until 56 BC[6]) was king of Media Atropatene.[7] [8]

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 a daughter of the Armenian King Tigranes the Great and his wife, Cleopatra of Pontus,[9] [10] 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.[11] There were Persian satraps who bore this name as did some of the ancestors of Cleopatra, daughter of King Mithridates VI of Pontus and his sister-wife Laodice.[12]

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,[13] whom appeared to have a short reign.[14] Ariobarzanes I and Darius I were related as they may have been brothers.[15] Although Ariobarzanes I ruled from 65 BC til 56 BC,[16] 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.[17]

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.[18] His son from an unnamed wife, was born before 59 BC.[19]

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.[20] However it is uncertain, if the Ariobarzanes refers to Ariobarzanes I or his grandson Ariobarzanes II.[21] Ariobarzanes I is mentioned in paragraph 33 of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti.[22]

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Notes and References

  1. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1998-08/0903539802 Commagene Genealogy Notes at Rootsweb
  2. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/artavasdes-old-iranian-male-personal-name-attested-as-greek-artaousdes-artabzes-artbazos-artozos-latin-artava Encyclopaedia Iranica - Artavasdes
  3. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azerbaijan-iii Azerbaijan iii. Pre-Islamic History, Atropates, Persian satrap of Media, made himself independent in 321 B.C. Thereafter Greek and Latin writers named the territory as Media Atropatene or, less frequently, Media Minor: Parthian period
  4. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1998-08/0903539802 Commagene Genealogy Notes at Rootsweb
  5. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azerbaijan-iii Azerbaijan iii. Pre-Islamic History, Atropates, Persian satrap of Media, made himself independent in 321 B.C. Thereafter Greek and Latin writers named the territory as Media Atropatene or, less frequently, Media Minor: Parthian period
  6. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1998-08/0903539802 Commagene Genealogy Notes at Rootsweb
  7. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azerbaijan-iii Azerbaijan iii. Pre-Islamic History, Atropates, Persian satrap of Media, made himself independent in 321 B.C. Thereafter Greek and Latin writers named the territory as Media Atropatene or, less frequently, Media Minor: Parthian period
  8. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/artavasdes-old-iranian-male-personal-name-attested-as-greek-artaousdes-artabzes-artbazos-artozos-latin-artava Encyclopaedia Iranica - Artavasdes
  9. [Cassius Dio]
  10. Toumanoff, Manual genealogy and chronology for the Christian Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Albania), p.p.81-82
  11. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ariobarzanes-greek-form-of-old-iranian-proper-name-arya-brzana Encyclopaedia Iranica – Ariobarzanes
  12. Mayor, The Poison King: the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome’s deadliest enemy p.p.114&138
  13. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azerbaijan-iii Azerbaijan iii. Pre-Islamic History, Atropates, Persian satrap of Media, made himself independent in 321 B.C. Thereafter Greek and Latin writers named the territory as Media Atropatene or, less frequently, Media Minor: Parthian period
  14. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1998-08/0903422361 Settipani on Baldwin on the Commagenian DFA Link Part 2 of 3
  15. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1998-08/0903422361 Settipani on Baldwin on the Commagenian DFA Link Part 2 of 3
  16. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1998-08/0903539802 Commagene Genealogy Notes at Rootsweb
  17. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azerbaijan-iii Azerbaijan iii. Pre-Islamic History, Atropates, Persian satrap of Media, made himself independent in 321 B.C. Thereafter Greek and Latin writers named the territory as Media Atropatene or, less frequently, Media Minor: Parthian period
  18. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/artavasdes-old-iranian-male-personal-name-attested-as-greek-artaousdes-artabzes-artbazos-artozos-latin-artava Encyclopaedia Iranica - Artavasdes
  19. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/artavasdes-old-iranian-male-personal-name-attested-as-greek-artaousdes-artabzes-artbazos-artozos-latin-artava Encyclopaedia Iranica - Artavasdes
  20. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azerbaijan-iii Azerbaijan iii. Pre-Islamic History, Atropates, Persian satrap of Media, made himself independent in 321 B.C. Thereafter Greek and Latin writers named the territory as Media Atropatene or, less frequently, Media Minor: Parthian period
  21. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azerbaijan-iii Azerbaijan iii. Pre-Islamic History, Atropates, Persian satrap of Media, made himself independent in 321 B.C. Thereafter Greek and Latin writers named the territory as Media Atropatene or, less frequently, Media Minor: Parthian period
  22. Web site: Res Gestae Divi Augusti . P.A. Brunt . J.M. Moore .

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