Tiraios II.

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Coin of Tiraios II.

Tiraios II (around * 141/140 BC; † 49/48 BC) was a king of the Charakene , a vassal state of the Parthians . Tiraios II ruled from about 79/78 to 49/48 BC. He is known for his silver and bronze coins and is mentioned by the Greek author Lukian of Samosata .

The ruler's dated coins cover almost all years between 79/78 and 49/48 BC. From. He was the first king of the Charakene to call himself Soter . The passage in Lukian discusses and lists rulers who became very old: the third after this Hyspasines , who is said to have died at the age of 92 (Lukian, Macrobii, 15). If his last year of reign was also the year of his death, then his year of birth can be 141/140 BC. Be calculated.

literature

  • Monika Schuol : The characters. A Mesopotamian kingdom in the Hellenistic-Parthian period . Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X , ( Oriens et Occidens 1), (Simultaneously: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1998), pp. 220-221, 306-310.

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predecessor Office successor
Tiraios I. King of the Charakene
approx. 79/78 to 49/48 BC Chr.
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