Vologeses I

Vologeses I

▪ king of Parthia

died c. AD 80

      king of Parthia (reigned c. AD 51–80), the son of the previous king, Vonones II, by a Greek concubine.

      Vologeses gave the kingdom of Media Atropatene (Azerbaijan) to his brother Pacorus and occupied Armenia for another brother, Tiridates. Parthian control of Armenia, however, led to a long war with the Romans (AD 54–63). A peace was finally concluded by which Tiridates was acknowledged as a Roman client king in Armenia. The power of Vologeses was further weakened by an attack by the nomadic Dahae and Śakas, a rebellion of the Hyrcanians, an invasion by Alani tribesmen in Media and Armenia, and the usurpation of his son Vardanes II. Vologeses' reign was also marked by a decided reaction against Hellenism; he built Vologesias near Ctesiphon with the intention of drawing to the new town the inhabitants and trade of the Greek city Seleucia on the Tigris.

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