General Notes

Event: Ruled 51 - 77, King of Parthia 1 3
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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.