Vonones I

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Vonones I
Arsacid dynasty
FatherPhraates IV
MotherScythian princess (?)
ReligionZoroastrianism

Vonones I (ΟΝΩΝΗΣ Onōnēs on his coins) was an

Phraataces
.

Background and early life

Vonones was the eldest son of

Phraataces.[4] The Roman emperor Augustus used this as propaganda depicting the submission of Parthia to Rome, listing it as a great accomplishment in his Res Gestae Divi Augusti.[5]

Reign

After the assassination of

Media Atropatene, was invited to the throne. In a civil war he defeated and expelled Vonones I.[7]

Vonones I fled into

Syria, where he was kept in custody, though in a kingly style.[11] Later he was moved to Cilicia,[12] and when he tried to escape in about 19, he was killed by his guards.[13][7]

His death and the now unchallenged dominance of Artabanus II split the Parthian nobility, since not all of them supported a new branch of the Arsacid family taking over the empire.

Sakastan, Drangiana and Arachosia, named Gondophares, declared independence from Artabanus II and founded the Indo-Parthian Kingdom.[15][14] He assumed the titles of "Great King of Kings" and "Autokrator", demonstrating his new-found independence.[14] Nevertheless, Artabanus and Gondophares most likely reached an agreement that the Indo-Parthians would not intervene in the affairs of the Arsacids.[15] Vonones was survived by his son Meherdates, who attempted to take the Parthian throne in 49–51.[16]

References

  1. ^ Strugnell 2008, p. 285.
  2. ^ Bigwood 2008, p. 264.
  3. ^ Bigwood 2008, pp. 247, 264.
  4. ^ Kia 2016, p. 198; Strugnell 2008, pp. 284–285; Dąbrowa 2012, p. 173; Schippmann 1986, pp. 525–536
  5. ^ Bivar 1983, p. 67; Brosius 2006, pp. 96–99
  6. ^ a b Tacitus, The Annals 2.2
  7. ^ a b c  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainMeyer, Eduard (1911). "Vonones s.v. Vonones I.". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 211.
  8. ^ Tacitus, The Annals 2.3
  9. ^ a b c d e Dąbrowa 2012, p. 174.
  10. ^ a b Olbrycht 2012, p. 215.
  11. ^ Tacitus, The Annals 2.4
  12. ^ Tacitus, The Annals 2.58
  13. ^ Tacitus, The Annals 2.68
  14. ^ a b c Olbrycht 2016, p. 24.
  15. ^ a b Olbrycht 2012, p. 216.
  16. ^ Dąbrowa 2012, p. 175.

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Vonones I
Arsacid dynasty
 Died: 19
Preceded by
King of the Parthian Empire

8–12
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Tigranes V and Erato
King of Armenia

12–18
Succeeded by