Artabanus

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Artabanus (Ancient Greek: Ἁρτάβανος Artabanos; Middle Persian: ʾltwʾn Ardawān) may refer to various rulers/monarchs of ancient Persia and Parthia:

• Artabanus (son of Hystaspes), brother of Darius I and uncle of Xerxes I
• Artabanus of Persia, Hyrcanian by birth, commander of Xerxes's guard, and Xerxes's assassin (465 BC)
• Artapanus (general), general under Xerxes I (486–465 BC)
• Artabanus I of Parthia, c. 127–124 BC
• Artabanus II of Parthia, c. 12 to 38/41 AD
• Artabanus III of Parthia, 79/80 – 81
• Artabanus IV of Parthia, c. 213 to 224
• Artabanus of Khwarazm, c.1st-2nd century AD

Confusingly, two systems exist for the regnal numbers of the Artabanuses; in older works, they may be numbered as a regnal number higher than listed above; i.e. Artabanus IV might refer to Artabanus III.

The Mandaic variant of the name is Ardban (also Ardwan).

See also

• Artapanus (disambiguation)
• Artapanus of Alexandria, whose name is sometimes rendered as "Artabanus"
• Artabanes (general)

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