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Zariadres

Zariadres
Satrap and then King of Sophene
Zariadres coin 190 BC.png
Reign 212 - 188 BC
Coronation 188 BC
Predecessor Abdissares
Burial Sophene
Issue Artaxias I
Full name
Dsariadris
House Armavir
Dynasty Orontid
Father Xerxes
Full name
Dsariadris

Zariadres (Armenian: Զարեհ Zareh) was a King of Sophene.

Strabo cites Sophene being taken over by a "general" of king Antiochus III by 200 BC, called Zariadres.

Following the defeat of Antiochus III by the Romans at the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC, Zariadres and Artaxias* revolted and with Roman consent began to reign as kings at the Treaty of Apamea in 188 BC; Zariadres over Sophene and Artaxias over Armenia.

It is possible that Zariadres (Dsariadres) was the father of Abdissares, although the scant historical records have Abdissares ruling before Zariadres. The name written as Dsariadris might be a Greek corruption of the name Bagdassar. A hypothesis is that king Bagdassar was forced to accept rule by king Antiochus III, but stayed as a Satrap, paying tribute until the Battle of Magnesia allowed him to reassert his independence. Strabo was writing 200 years after these events and may not have been accurate.



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