Abgar II
Abgar II was the Abgarid king of Osroene from 68 to 53 BC.[1] Plutarch describes Abgar as a chief of the Arabs.[2]
In 64 BC, he sided with the
Orodes II in a move which strengthened Parthian
control over the region.
References
- ^ Segal 1982, pp. 210–213.
- ^ Plutarch. Life of Crassus, 21.1: φύλαρχος Ἀράβων Ἄβγαρος ὄνομα
Sources
- Gregoratti, Leonardo (2017). "The Arsacid Empire". In Daryaee, Touraj (ed.). King of the Seven Climes: A History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE). UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies. pp. 1–236. ISBN 9780692864401.
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- ISBN 978-0521301992.
- Segal, J.B. (1982). "ABGAR". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 2. pp. 210–213.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Abgarus (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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