Artaxias Explained

Artaxias (also called Artaxes or Artashes) may refer to:

Kings and monarchs of Armenia

• Artaxiad dynasty (190 BC–12 AD) eponymously named after its founder Artaxias or Artashes
  • Artaxias I, reigned 190–159 BC, founder of the Artaxiad dynasty
  • Artaxias II, reigned 34–20 BC
• Artaxias III, reigned 18–35; no relation to the Artaxiad dynasty
• Artaxias IV, reigned 422–428, last king of the Arsacid dynasty; no relation to the Artaxiads

Kings of Iberia

• Artaxias I of Iberia (died 78 BC)
• Arshak II of Iberia (died 1), also known as Artaxias II of Iberia

Modern people

• Artashes Avoyan (born 1972), Armenian lawyer
• Artashes Arakelian (1909–1993), economist and member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences
• Artashes Babalian (1886–1959), Armenian doctor and politician
• Artashes Baghdasaryan (born 1984), Armenian football defender
• Artashes Geghamyan (born 1949), Armenian politician
• Ardashes Harutunian (1873–1915), Armenian poet and translator
• Artashes Kalaydzhan (born 1971), Russian Armenian footballer
• Arthur Meschian, (born 1949), Armenian rock musician, artist, and architect
• Artashes Minasian (born 1967), Armenian chess Grandmaster
• Artashes Shahinyan, founder of the PhysMath School after A. Shaninyan (Yerevan)

Places

• Artashat (ancient city), also known as Artaxata, a city in Armenia
• Hartashen, Syunik, also known as Artashe, a rural community in Armenia

See also

• Ardeshir (disambiguation)
• Artaxerxes (disambiguation)
• Asha