Orontes IV

Orontes IV
Orontes IV
	Engraving of Orontes IV by Josef I. Rotter
King of Armenia
Reign	212 – 200 BC
Coronation	212 BC
Successor	Artaxias I
Died	200 BC; Armenia
Burial	Armavir
Issue	Ptolemaeus of Commagene
Dynasty	Orontid dynasty
Father	Arsames I

Orontes IV (

Orontid dynasty, Armavir. He was the founder of the city of Yervandashat

. In his reign the religious site of

Sassanid Persian army in the 4th century AD.^{[citation needed}

]

Antiochus III, King of the Seleucid Empire, instigated a revolt against Orontes, headed by Artaxias I.^[1] Aramaic inscriptions found at Armavir state that King Orontes IV died at the hands of his own army, in other words by betrayal from Artaxias I. Artaxias I was appointed as King of Armenia, by Antiochus.^[1]

Orontes IV had a son,

King of Commagene

and died in 130 BC.