the throne. Vardanes' short reign ended when he was assassinated while hunting at the instigation of a party of Parthian nobles . "Vardanes" (also spelled...

Vardanes was the name of two kings of Parthia: Vardanes I (c. 40–47) Vardanes II (c. 55–58) Vardane Microdistrict, a microdistrict of the city of Sochi...

publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vardanes s.v. Vardanes II.". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University...

able to gain control of most of Parthia forcing Vardanes to flee to Bactria. With the death of Vardanes in c. 46, Gotarzes II ruled the Parthian Empire...

Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler...

son, Vardanes I, whose reign was still more turbulent than that of his father. Artabanus II had four sons: Arsaces I, Orodes, Artabanus, Vardanes I and...

Ahmose I (Amosis, Aahmes; meaning "Iah (the Moon) is born") was a pharaoh and founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the New Kingdom of Egypt,...

Hyrcania. Artabanus III retrieved the throne and was succeeded by his son Vardanes I in 38 AD, however, Gotarzes unsuccessfully attempted to usurp the throne...

philosopher Apollonius of Tyana visited the court of Vardanes I (r. c. 40–47 AD) in 42 AD, Vardanes provided him with the protection of a caravan as he...

marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Wahibre Psamtik I (Ancient Egyptian: Wꜣḥ-jb-Rꜥ Psmṯk) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth...

may represent Vardanes I as he sought refuge, and possibly an alliance, in Bactria at the Yuezhi court. Tacitus related that Vardanes "took refuge among...

Nebuchadnezzar I (/nɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər/), reigned c. 1121–1100 BC, was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon. He ruled...

Seleucus I Nicator (/sɪˈluːkəs/; Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, Séleukos Nikátōr, lit. 'Seleucus the Victorious'; c. 358 – 281 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general...

Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290...

Germanic Quadi tribe begin settling in present-day Moravia and Slovakia. Vardanes I becomes king of Parthia, opposed by his brother Gotarzes II. The Vietnamese...

genealogy of the Achaemenids) the kings of Anshan were Teispes, Cyrus I, Cambyses I and Cyrus II, also known as Cyrus the Great, who founded the empire...

right thigh and throws it in Ishtar's face, saying, "If I could lay my hands on you, it is this I should do to you, and lash your entrails to your side...

Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, Roman politician Pomponius Mela, Roman geographer (approximate date) Vardanes I, king of the Parthian Empire (approximate date)...

Crispus Passienus, Roman consul Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Roman nobleman Quintus Sanquinius Maximus, Roman politician Vardanes I, king of the Parthian Empire...

place in pharaoh Ahmose I's reign (c. 1550–1525 BC), actually by Amenemhet's father. During the reign of pharaoh Thutmose I (1506–1493 BC), the names...

Tiglath-Pileser I (/ˈtɪɡləθ paɪˈliːzər, -ˌlæθ, pɪ-/; from the Hebraic form of Middle Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆪𒋾𒀀𒂍𒈗𒊏, romanized: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra,...

region of Parthia for roughly a century at that point, founded by Arsaces I) until the defeat of the last Parthian king, Artabanus IV, at the Battle of...

statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. Yet for the sake of David your father I will not...

defeated at Nam Viet. Vietnam is designated a province of China. King Vardanes I of Parthia forces the city of Seleucia on the Tigris to surrender. In...

obverse side of a coin of Orodes II of Parthia (r. 57–37 BC). Coin of Vardanes I of Parthia (r. c. AD 40–45) Coin of the Sasanian king Kavad II, minted...

Antiochus I Soter (Greek: Ἀντίοχος Σωτήρ, Antíochos Sōtér; "Antiochus the Savior"; c. 324/3 – 2 June 261 BC) was a Macedonian king of the Seleucid Empire...

appointed me as his gardener. While I was gardener Ishtar granted me her love, and for four and (fifty?) ... years I exercised kingship. Later claims made...

Possibly named after his grandfather of the same name, or after Nebuchadnezzar I (r. c. 1125–1104 BC), one of Babylon's greatest ancient warrior-kings, Nebuchadnezzar...

Sakas, who moved further south. Archaeological structures are known in Takht-i Sangin, Surkh Kotal (a monumental temple), and in the palace of Khalchayan...

Ahmose I and Thutmose I at the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty, as recorded in the tombs of Ahmose, son of Ebana and Ahmose pen-Nekhebet; Thutmose I is...