Xerxes of Armenia

Xerxes of Armenia

Xerxes ( _hy. Շավարշ, Shavarsh; died c.212 BC) was the King of Sophene and son of Arsames II. During his reign Antiochus III the Great invaded his capital Arsamosata. Xerxes recognized Antiochus as his sovereign and received his sister Antiochia as his brideref|Polyb, who later assassinated him.Navbox
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Ancestor: Orontids Capital: Samosata, then Arsamosata
Dynasty: Sames (ca. 260 B.C.) •• Arsames I (ca. 240 B.C.) •• Arsames II (ca. 230 B.C.) •• Xerxes (ca. 220 B.C.) •• Abdissares (ca. 210 B.C.) •• Zariadres (ca. 190 B.C.) •• Morphilig (ca. 150 B.C.) •• Artanes (ca. 110 B.C.) ••

Notes

*Polybius, VIII.25

ee also

* Commagene
* List of rulers of Commagene

References

*Johann Gustav Droysen, "Geschichte des Hellenismus", vol. ii. p. 73
*Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, vol. iii. p. 204.


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