Attambelos

Attambelos was the name of eight^[1] kings of the Ancient kingdom of Characene. The name itself is of Semitic origin.^[2]

• Attambelos I was a king of the Parthian vassal state of Characene who reigned between 47/46 and 25/24 BC.

• Attambelos II was a king of the state of Characene who ruled 17/16 v. to 8/9AD.

• Attambelos III of Characene was a king of Characene who ruled from approximately 37/38 to 44/45AD. His rule is known only by the coins he minted.

• Attambelos IV of Characene was a ruler of the state of Characene who ruled from 54/55-64/65 he is known only from coins he minted.

• Attambelos V of Characene. was a ruler of the state of Characene who ruled from 64/65-73/74 coins known.

• Attambelos VI of Characene was a ruler of the state of Characene who ruled from approximately 101/02-105/06 and is known only from the coin’s he minted.

• Attambelos VII was the Characene king who surrendered to the Roman Emperor Trajan in 116AD following two years of fighting.

• Attambelos VIII was King of Characene, who may have ruled around 180-195AD. He is known with certainty only from the coins of his son of maga, who calls himself as son of a King Attambelos.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Richard Nelson Frye, The History of Ancient Iran, Volume 3, Part 7, C.H.Beck, 1984 page 277 page 277
2. ↑ Jan Retsö, The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads, Routledgepage 333
3. ↑ Monika Schuol, The Characene. A mesopotanian Kingdom in Hellenistic times. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, page 235-236, 362-363.

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