Arsaces of Pontus: Difference between revisions

Arsaces was the second son and youngest child born to King [[Pharnaces II of Pontus]]<ref>Strabo.13.3.8</ref> and his [[Sarmatians|Sarmatian]] wife. He had two older siblings: a brother called [[Darius of Pontus|Darius]] and a sister called [[Dynamis (Bosporan queen)|Dynamis]].<ref name = gabelko>{{Cite bookjournal | last = Gabelko | first = Oleg L. | chaptertitle = The Dynastic History of the Hellenistic Monarchies of Asia Minor according to the Chronography of George Synkellos | title= Mithridates VI and the Pontic Kingdom | editor-last=Højte|editor-first=Jakob Munk | publisher = AarhusCentre University Press |series=for Black Sea Studies| volume=9 | pages = 2, 9 | url = http://www.pontos.dk/publications/books/bss-9-files/bss-9-01-gabelko | access-date = Jan 3, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110316060121/http://www.pontos.dk/publications/books/bss-9-files/bss-9-01-gabelko | archive-date = March 16, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> His paternal grandparents were the Pontian Monarchs [[Mithridates VI of Pontus|Mithridates VI]] and his first wife, his sister [[Laodice (sister-wife of Mithridates VI of Pontus)|Laodice]]. Arsaces was born and raised in the Kingdom of Pontus and the [[Bosporan Kingdom]].

According to [[Strabo]],<ref>Strabo, Geographia xii p. 560</ref> Arsaces and Darius were guarded by a chief rebel called Arsaces for a time when he held a fortress that was besieged by [[Polemon I of Pontus|Polemon I]] and [[Lycomedes of Comana]]. In 37 BC, Darius had died and Arsaces succeeded his brother as king of Pontus.<ref name = gabelko/> He was made king by Roman Triumvir [[Mark Antony]]. According to Strabo, in Arsaces’ reign “he played the role of the sovereign and excited rebellion without the permission of a Roman prefect”.<ref name = gabelko/>

[[Category:Mithridatic kingsRulers of Pontus]]