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{{short description|Parthian Prince who was king of Armenia in 35 AD}}
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'''Arsaces I of Armenia''', also known as '''Arsaces I''', '''Arshak I''' and '''Arsak''' ({{lang-hy| Արշակ}}, flourished 1st century) (assassinated in 35 AD<ref>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/pages/chronology-1 35 Arsaces is assassinated.] ''iranicaonline.org''</ref>) was a [[Parthian Empire|Parthian Prince]] of [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] and [[Greeks|Greek ancestry]] who served as a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] Client King of [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Armenia]] in 35.
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Arsaces 1 of Armenia
| image = King Arshak I.jpg
| caption = King Arsaces 1,a 19th century depiction.
| predecessor = [[Artaxias III]]
| birth_date = Unknown
| death_date = 35
| father = [[Artabanus II of Parthia]]
| mother = Unknown
| successor1 = [[Mithridates of Armenia]]
| royal house = [[Arsacid dynasty]]
}}
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'''Arsaces I of Armenia''', also known as '''Arsaces I''', '''Arshak I''' and '''Arsak''' (ruled 35 AD)<ref>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/pages/chronology-1 35 Arsaces is assassinated.] ''iranicaonline.org''</ref> was a [[Parthian Empire|Parthian prince]] who was king of [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Armenia]] during 35 AD.


Arsaces I was the first-born son of the Parthian King [[Artabanus II of Parthia]] by an unnamed wife.<ref>Tacitus, Annals, 6.31</ref> He was born and raised in the Parthian Empire. Arsaces I was named in honor of his Parthian and [[Arsaces of Pontus|Pontian]] relations who ruled with this name as King.
Arsaces I was the first-born son of King [[Artabanus II of Parthia]] by a wife whose name is unknown.<ref>Tacitus, Annals, 6.31</ref> After the death of the [[Client kingdoms in ancient Rome|Roman client king]] of Armenia, [[Artaxias III]], in 34 AD, Artabanus II decided to put his son on the Armenian throne. Artabanus II made Arsaces I king of Armenia and Arsaces was accompanied to Armenia with a strong army.<ref>Dedeyan, ''History of the Armenian people'', p.138</ref> [[Roman emperor]] [[Tiberius]], refused to accept Arsaces I as king. So Tiberius, with the support of King [[Pharasmanes I of Iberia]], appointed Pharasmanes' brother, [[Mithridates of Armenia|Mithridates]], to be the new Roman client Armenian king.<ref>Grousset, ''History of Armenia from its origins to 1071'', p.105</ref>


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Less than a year into his reign, Arsaces I was poisoned by his servants who had been bribed to kill him.<ref>Tacitus, Annals, 6.33</ref> After Arsaces I died, Artabanus II put another of his sons, [[Orodes of Armenia|Orodes]], on the Armenian throne. Orodes soon had to face Mithridates in a military campaign.<ref>Chaumont, ''Armenia between Rome and Iran I: the advent of Augustus to the accession of Diocletian'', p.88</ref>
After the death of Roman Client King of Armenia [[Artaxias III]] in 35, Artabanus II wanted to put his son on the Armenian throne. Artabanus II made Arsaces I King of Armenia and was accompanied to Armenia with a strong army.<ref>Dedeyan, ''History of the Armenian people'', p.138</ref> The [[Roman emperor]] [[Tiberius]], refused to accept the Armenian Kingship of Arsaces I, so Tiberius appointed the Iberian Prince [[Mithridates of Armenia|Mithridates]] as the new Roman Client Armenian King with the support of his brother, King [[Pharasmanes I of Iberia]].<ref>Grousset, ''History of Armenia from its origins to 1071'', p.105</ref>

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Although Arsaces I was a pro-Roman monarch, his Kingship was brief in Armenia. Within less than a year into his first year of his reign, Arsaces I was poisoned from his bribed servants.<ref>Tacitus, Annals, 6.33</ref> After Arsaces I died, Artabanus II put another son [[Orodes of Armenia|Orodes]], on the Armenian throne. Orodes succeeded his brother in the Kingship of Armenia and faced Mithridates in a military campaign.<ref>Chaumont, ''Armenia between Rome and Iran I: the advent of Augustus to the accession of Diocletian'', p.88</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
* [[Tacitus]], Annals of Imperial Rome, 1st century
* [[Tacitus]], Annals of Imperial Rome, 1st century.

== Bibliography ==
* R. Grousset, History of Armenia from its origins to 1071, Paris Payot, 1947 (reprinted again in 1984, 1995 & 2008)
* R. Grousset, History of Armenia from its origins to 1071, Paris Payot, 1947 (reprinted again in 1984, 1995 & 2008)
* M.L. Chaumont, ''Armenia between Rome and Iran I: the advent of Augustus to the accession of Diocletian'' from Aufstieg und Niedergang der Welt Römischen II, 1976
* M.L. Chaumont, ''Armenia between Rome and Iran I: the advent of Augustus to the accession of Diocletian'' from [[Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt]] II, 1976
* G. Dedeyan, History of the Armenian people, Privat Toulouse, 2007
* G. Dedeyan, History of the Armenian people, Privat Toulouse, 2007
* Schmitt, Tassilo (2022). [https://doi.org/10.60131/phasis.25.2022.7010 "König Pharasmanes I. als Bumberazi (ბუმბერაზი) bei Tacitus. Erwägungen zu kaukasisch-iberischer Heldenepik, Kulturtransfer, senatorischer Selbstdarstellung und römischer Historiographie"] [King Pharasmanes I as Bumberazi (ბუმბერაზი) in Tacitus. Considerations on Caucasian-Iberian heroic epic, cultural transfer, senatorial self-representation and Roman historiography]. ''Phasis'' '''25''', pp. 49-114.


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Latest revision as of 14:05, 28 November 2024

Arsaces 1 of Armenia
King Arsaces 1,a 19th century depiction.
PredecessorArtaxias III
SuccessorMithridates of Armenia
BornUnknown
Died35
HouseArsacid dynasty
FatherArtabanus II of Parthia
MotherUnknown

Arsaces I of Armenia, also known as Arsaces I, Arshak I and Arsak (ruled 35 AD)[1] was a Parthian prince who was king of Armenia during 35 AD.

Arsaces I was the first-born son of King Artabanus II of Parthia by a wife whose name is unknown.[2] After the death of the Roman client king of Armenia, Artaxias III, in 34 AD, Artabanus II decided to put his son on the Armenian throne. Artabanus II made Arsaces I king of Armenia and Arsaces was accompanied to Armenia with a strong army.[3] Roman emperor Tiberius, refused to accept Arsaces I as king. So Tiberius, with the support of King Pharasmanes I of Iberia, appointed Pharasmanes' brother, Mithridates, to be the new Roman client Armenian king.[4]

Less than a year into his reign, Arsaces I was poisoned by his servants who had been bribed to kill him.[5] After Arsaces I died, Artabanus II put another of his sons, Orodes, on the Armenian throne. Orodes soon had to face Mithridates in a military campaign.[6]

References

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  1. ^ 35 Arsaces is assassinated. iranicaonline.org
  2. ^ Tacitus, Annals, 6.31
  3. ^ Dedeyan, History of the Armenian people, p.138
  4. ^ Grousset, History of Armenia from its origins to 1071, p.105
  5. ^ Tacitus, Annals, 6.33
  6. ^ Chaumont, Armenia between Rome and Iran I: the advent of Augustus to the accession of Diocletian, p.88

Sources

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  • Tacitus, Annals of Imperial Rome, 1st century.

Bibliography

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Regnal titles
Preceded by Roman Client King of Armenia
35 		Succeeded by
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