Xerxes of Armenia

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Xerxes (Armenian: Շավարշ, Shavarsh; died c.212 BC) was the King of Sophene and son of Arsames II. During his reign Antiochus III the Great invaded his capital Arsamosata. Xerxes recognized Antiochus as his sovereign and received his sister Antiochia as his bride[1], who later assassinated him.

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Kingdom of Sophene

Ancestor: Orontids Capital: Samosata, then Arsamosata
Dynasty: Sames (ca. 260 B.C.) •• Arsames I (ca. 240 B.C.) •• Arsames II (ca. 230 B.C.) •• Xerxes (ca. 220 B.C.) •• Abdissares (ca. 210 B.C.) •• Zariadres (ca. 190 B.C.) •• Morphilig (ca. 150 B.C.) •• Artanes (ca. 110 B.C.) ••

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  • Johann Gustav Droysen, Geschichte des Hellenismus, vol. ii. p. 73
  • Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, vol. iii. p. 204.


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