Mithrobuzanes (Sophene)

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Mithrobuzanes from the Orontid dynasty was in the 2nd century BC. Chr. Ruler of the east of the present-day Turkey situated Hellenistic kingdom Sophene .

Zariadris , the father of Mithrobuzanes, had removed the Sophene from the Seleucid Empire after the Battle of Magnesia (190/189 BC) and assumed the title of king. When he around 163 BC Died, his son Mithrobuzanes stayed in neighboring Cappadocia , while his other son was in Armenia . The Armenian king Artaxias I then suggested to his Cappadocian colleague Ariarathes V to kill the sons of Zariadris and to divide the Sophene between their two kingdoms. However, Ariarathes left Mithrobuzanes unmolested and he was able to take over the rule in the Sophene.

It is not known when Mithrobuzanes died. Orontes IV. , Who lived around 93 BC. By Tigranes II. , A great-grandson of Artaxias I, when King of Sophene was deposed, was probably his son.

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literature

  • Michał Marciak: Sophene, Gordyene, and Adiabene. Three Regna Minora of Northern Mesopotamia Between East and West (=  Impact of Empire . Band 26 ). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2017, ISBN 978-90-04-35070-0 , pp. 127–128 ( specialist review ).
  • Martin Schottky: Mithrobuzanes. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , Sp. 292.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The circumstances of the accession to the throne are reported by Diodorus 31:22 and (without naming names) Polybios 31:16 .
personal data
SURNAME Mithrobuzanes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mithrobarzanes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Sophene
DATE OF BIRTH before 163 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH before 93 BC Chr.