General Notes

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Event: Ruled 51 - 77, King of Parthia 1 3
Note:
Vologeses I (d. 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 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 Shakas, 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. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97,
VOLOGESES I]
Note: After the reign of Vologaesus I, the utmost confusion prevailed in
Parthia, with two or more kings (all of them little known) ruling at the
same time and certainly challenged by other claimants.