Orontes II

Orontes II
Satrap of Armenia
Reign	336 - 331 BC
Coronation	336 BC
Died	1 October 331 BC
Place of death	Gaugamela
Predecessor	Darius III Codomannus
Successor	Mithrenes
Offspring	Mithrenes
Dynasty	Orontid Dynasty
Father	Orontes I
Mother	Rodogoune

Orontes II (Armenian: Երուանդ Բ, Yervand II) was the son of Orontes I. After Codomannus ascended the throne of Persia as Darius III in 336 BC Orontes was given the Satrapy of Armenia to rule.

At the Battle of Gaugamela he fought on the right flank for king Darius III, with 40,000 infantry and 7,000 cavalry^[1] under his command. He died there.

Ironically his son, Mithrenes, Satrap of Lydia, had joined king Alexander III after being defeated at Sardis in 334 BC. He then fought at the Battle of Gaugamela on the side of Alexander. After the battle he was made Satrap of Armenia by Alexander.

References

J. M. Cook^[2] Richard G. Hovannisian^[3] Professor David Marshall Lang^[4]

1. ^ Lang, David Marshall. "Iran, Armenia and Georgia: Political Contacts". Cambridge History of Iran 3. 
2. ^ The Persian Empire
3. ^ The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, 2 vols. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997
4. ^ Iran, Armenia and Georgia: Political Contacts. In Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3

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Name	Orontes Ii
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Place of death	Gaugamela