Xerxes Armenian ( Armenian Շավարշ , Shavarsh) (? - 212 BC ) is the fifth king of the Armenian kingdom Sofena and Commagens .
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| Predecessor | Arsham | ||||||
| Successor | Abdissar | ||||||
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| Death | 212 BC er | ||||||
| Rod | Yervandy | ||||||
| Father | Arsham | ||||||
| Spouse | Antiochid | ||||||
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Biography
Xerxes was born and lived in the III century BC. er . In 228 BC. e replaced his father Arsham on the throne of the Armenian kingdom Sofena [1] .
Having come to power, Xerxes refused to pay tribute to the treasury of the Seleucids . In response to this, Antioch III laid siege to the capital Sofena Arshamashat . Some courtiers advised Antiochus to overthrow Xerxes and put his nephew Mithridates in his place, but the king acted differently [2] . As a result of the negotiations, the conflict was resolved: Antiochus, having given his sister Antiochid to the rebellious Armenian tsar, forgave much of the debt, and Xerxes, in turn, recognized the power of the Seleucids [3] [4] . However, after some time, Antioch killed her husband Xerxes and annexed Sofeno kingdom to the possessions of her brother [5] .
Notes
- ↑ A. E Ter-Sarkisyants. The history and culture of the Armenian people: from ancient times to the beginning of the XIX century. - Eastern Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2005. - P. 685. - 62 p. - ISBN 5020184454 , 9785020184459.
- ↑ Bevan ER The House of Seleucus. V. 2. - London, 1902. - p. 16. - 334 p.
- ↑ Polybius . Universal history . - VIII.25.5.
- ↑ Essays on the history of the USSR: Primitive communal system and the most ancient states on the territory of the USSR / Evgeny Mikhailovich Zhukov. - Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1956. - T. 2. - p. 422-424. - 615 s.
- ↑ David Lang . Armenians are a creator people. - Tsentrpoligraf, 2004. - P. 142-152. - 346 p. - ISBN 5-9524-0954-7 .