Vologases V
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Vologases V was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 191 to 208. As king of Armenia, he is known as Vologases II. Not much is known about his period of kingship of Armenia, except that he put his
Coin of Vologases V, Ecbatana mint
Coin of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus
Artabanus IV of Parthia
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Artabanus IV, also known as Ardavan IV, incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus V, was the last monarch of the Parthian Empire from c. 213 to 224. He was the younger son of Vologases V, wh
Vologases V
…Parthian Empire and establishing the Sasanian Empire in 224. Vologases died in 208, succeeded by his son Vologases VI (r. 208–228), however another son, Artabanus IV (r. 216–224), attempted to seize the throne a few years later, resulting in a civil war. Chaumont, M. L.; Schippmann, K. (1988). "Balāš". In Yarshater…
The portrait of Artabanus IV on the obverse of a Parthian drachm, Hamadan mint
1840 illustration of a Sasanian relief at Firuzabad, showing Ardashir I's victory over Artabanus IV and his forces.