Arsaces I of Armenia

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] However, 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]

Meanwhile, Arsaces I's time as Armenian king was brief. Less than a year into his reign, Arsaces I was poisoned by his servants who had been bribed to carry out the deed.^[5] After Arsaces I died, Artabanus II put another of his sons, Orodes, on the Armenian throne. However, Orodes soon had to face Mithridates in a military campaign.^[6]

References

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

Sources

Tacitus, Annals of Imperial Rome, 1st century
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
G. Dedeyan, History of the Armenian people, Privat Toulouse, 2007

Regnal titles
Preceded by Artaxias III	Roman Client King of Armenia 35	Succeeded by Mithridates I

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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

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