Artabazanes Explained

Artabazanes of Media Atropatene (peo|[[wikt:Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tabr̥zaⁿs|*R̥tabr̥zaⁿs]], or Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: [[wikt:Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tavazdānaʰ|*R̥tavazdānaʰ]];^[1] grc|[[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.^[2]

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