Artabazanes Explained

Artabazanes of Media Atropatene (Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: [[wikt:Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tabr̥zaⁿs|*R̥tabr̥zaⁿs]], or Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: [[wikt:Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tavazdānaʰ|*R̥tavazdānaʰ]];^[1] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:Ἀρταβαζάνης|Ἀρταβαζάνης]] ; flourished 3rd century BC) was a Prince and King of the Atropatene Kingdom. He ruled in 221 BC or 220 BC and was a contemporary of the Seleucid Greek King Antiochus III the Great.

He was presumably of Iranian lineage. Artabazanes is said to be a grandson of the Persian King Darius III. The father of Artabazanes was one of the four sons born to Darius III from his union with the daughter of Gobryas prior to his accession.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: ARTABAZANES . Brunner . C. J. . 15 December 1986 . Encyclopædia Iranica . Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation, Brill . 2 November 2021 . This name is *Ṛtabṛzā/ăna, a patronymic of *Ṛta-bṛza, “exalting Truth”; it is also attested in Elamite. “Artabazanes” is also regarded as not being a variant but a proper patronymic to the name *Ṛta-vazdah. .
2. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/artabazanes-autonomous-ruler-of-armenia-who-submitted-to-the-seleucid-king-antiochus-iii-in-220-b ARTABAZANES
3. García Sánchez, M (2005): "La figura del sucesor del Gran Rey en la Persia Aqueménida", in V. Troncoso (ed.), Anejos Gerión 9, La figura del sucesor en las monarquías de época helenística.
4. Hallock, R (1985): "The evidence of the Persepolis Tablets", en I Gershevitch (ed.) The Cambridge History of Iran v. 2, p. 591.