the throne. Vardanes' short reign ended when he was assassinated while hunting at the instigation of a party of Parthian nobles . "Vardanes" (also spelled...
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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...
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publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vardanes s.v. Vardanes II.". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University...
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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...
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Darius the Great (redirect from King Darius I of Persia)
Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Seleucus I Nicator (/sɪˈluːkəs/; Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, Séleukos Nikátōr, lit. 'Seleucus the Victorious'; c. 358 BC – 281 BC) was a Macedonian Greek...
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Nebuchadnezzar I (/ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər/ NEB-yuu-kəd-NEZ-ər; Babylonian: mdNabû-kudurrī-úṣur (AN-AG-ŠA-DU-ŠIŠ) or mdNábû-ku-dúr-uṣur, meaning "Nabû, protect...
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