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interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artabanos_I." title="Artabanos I. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Artabanos I." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B8%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Αρτάβανος Α΄ της Παρθίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αρτάβανος Α΄ της Παρθίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artabano_I" title="Artabano I – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Artabano I" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaban_I.a" title="Artaban I.a – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Artaban I.a" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%85" title="اردوان یکم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اردوان یکم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaban_Ier" title="Artaban Ier – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Artaban Ier" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B2_%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A9%D6%87" title="Արտավան Բ Պարթև – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արտավան Բ Պարթև" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardawan_I_dari_Parthia" title="Ardawan I dari Parthia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ardawan I dari Parthia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artabano_I" title="Artabano I – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Artabano I" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_II" title="არტაბან II – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="არტაბან II" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Artabanosz_p%C3%A1rtus_kir%C3%A1ly" title="I. Artabanosz pártus király – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="I. Artabanosz pártus király" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89" title="ارتابانوس التانى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ارتابانوس التانى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84" title="اردوان اول – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="اردوان اول" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artabanus_I" title="Artabanus I – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Artabanus I" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%90%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B91%E4%B8%96" title="アルタバノス1世 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アルタバノス1世" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artabanes_I_av_Partia" title="Artabanes I av Partia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Artabanes I av Partia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaban_I%C3%A8r" title="Artaban Ièr – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Artaban Ièr" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artabanus_I" title="Artabanus I – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Artabanus I" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artabano_I" title="Artabano I – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Artabano I" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li 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color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Artabanus I<br /><span title="Parthian-language text"><span lang="xpr" dir="rtl">𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓</span></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/Great_King" class="mw-redirect" title="Great King">Great King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arsaces" title="Arsaces">Arsaces</a>, Philhellene</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coin_of_Artabanus_I_of_Parthia_(cropped,_part_2),_Seleucia_mint.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Coin_of_Artabanus_I_of_Parthia_%28cropped%2C_part_2%29%2C_Seleucia_mint.jpg/220px-Coin_of_Artabanus_I_of_Parthia_%28cropped%2C_part_2%29%2C_Seleucia_mint.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Coin_of_Artabanus_I_of_Parthia_%28cropped%2C_part_2%29%2C_Seleucia_mint.jpg/330px-Coin_of_Artabanus_I_of_Parthia_%28cropped%2C_part_2%29%2C_Seleucia_mint.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Coin_of_Artabanus_I_of_Parthia_%28cropped%2C_part_2%29%2C_Seleucia_mint.jpg 2x" data-file-width="405" data-file-height="400" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Coin of Artabanus I, <a href="/wiki/Seleucia" title="Seleucia">Seleucia</a> mint</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">King of the <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian Empire</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">127 – 124/3 BC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Phraates_II" title="Phraates II">Phraates II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_II_of_Parthia" title="Mithridates II of Parthia">Mithridates II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">124/3 BC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_II_of_Parthia" title="Mithridates II of Parthia">Mithridates II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Dynasty</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arsacid_dynasty_of_Parthia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsacid dynasty of Parthia">Arsacid dynasty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Priapatius" title="Priapatius">Priapatius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Artabanus I</b> (<a href="/wiki/Parthian_language" title="Parthian language">Parthian</a>: <span lang="xpr" dir="rtl">𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓</span> <i>Ardawān</i>), incorrectly known in older scholarship as <b>Artabanus II</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was king of the <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian Empire</a>, ruling briefly from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 127</span> to 124/3 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-his_reign_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-his_reign-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His short reign ended abruptly when he died during a battle against the <a href="/wiki/Yuezhi" title="Yuezhi">Yuezhi</a> in the east. He was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_II_of_Parthia" title="Mithridates II of Parthia">Mithridates II</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artabanus_I_of_Parthia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Artabanus</i></span></i> is the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> form of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> <i>Artábanos</i> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ἁρτάβανος</span></span>), itself from the <a href="/wiki/Old_Persian" title="Old Persian">Old Persian</a> <i>*Arta-bānu</i> ("the glory of <a href="/wiki/Asha" title="Asha">Arta</a>.").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDandamayev1986646–647_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDandamayev1986646–647-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Parthian_language" title="Parthian language">Parthian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian" title="Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a> variant was <i>Ardawān</i> (<span title="Parthian-language text"><span lang="xpr" dir="rtl">𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓</span></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDandamayev1986646–647_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDandamayev1986646–647-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artabanus_I_of_Parthia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The son of <a href="/wiki/Priapatius" title="Priapatius">Priapatius</a>, Artabanus I succeeded his nephew <a href="/wiki/Phraates_II" title="Phraates II">Phraates II</a> in 127 BC. Artabanus I must have been relatively old at his accession, due to his father having died in 176 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the early 2nd century BC, the Arsacids had begun adding obvious signals in their dynastic ideology, which emphasized their association with the heritage of the ancient Iranian <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a>. Examples of these signs included a fictitious claim that the first Arsacid king, <a href="/wiki/Arsaces_I_of_Parthia" title="Arsaces I of Parthia">Arsaces I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 247–217 BC</span>) was a descendant of the Achaemenid <a href="/wiki/King_of_kings" class="mw-redirect" title="King of kings">king of kings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Artaxerxes_II_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Artaxerxes II of Persia">Artaxerxes II</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 404–358 BC</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012179_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012179-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Achaemenid titles were also assumed by the Arsacids; Artabanus I's brother <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_I_of_Parthia" title="Mithridates I of Parthia">Mithridates I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 171 – 132 BC</span>) was the first Arsacid ruler to adopt the former Achaemenid title of "<a href="/wiki/King_of_Kings" title="King of Kings">King of Kings</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012179_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012179-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986b647–650_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986b647–650-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, Artabanus I, like Phraates II, refrained from using the title of "King of Kings", and instead used the title of "Great King".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShayegan201141–42_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShayegan201141–42-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like the rest of the Parthian kings, he used the title of <i>Arsaces</i> on his <a href="/wiki/Parthian_coinage" title="Parthian coinage">coinage</a>, which was the name of the first Parthian ruler <a href="/wiki/Arsaces_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsaces I">Arsaces I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 247 – 217 BC</span>), which had become a royal honorific among the Parthian monarchs out of admiration for his achievements.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012169_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012169-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKia201623_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKia201623-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, he also used the title of <i>Philhellene</i> ("friend of the <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a>"),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurtis200711_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurtis200711-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which had been introduced during the reign of Mithridates I as part of a policy of maintaining friendly relations with their Greek subjects.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012170_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012170-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The earlier Parthian kings were depicted in Hellenistic clothing on the obverse of their coins; this changed under Artabanus I, who is depicted on his coins wearing the <a href="/wiki/Parthian_dress" title="Parthian dress">Parthian trouser-suit</a>, which is a testimony of the ongoing Iranian revival under the Parthians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurtis200715_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurtis200715-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like his two predecessors, Artabanus I is wearing a Hellenistic <a href="/wiki/Diadem" title="Diadem">diadem</a>, whilst his long beard represents the traditional Iranian/Near Eastern custom.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurtis20079_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurtis20079-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Artabanus I's reign was a period of decline for the Parthian Empire. His predecessor, Phraates II had died fighting invading nomads in the east of the empire. Artabanus I was also forced to fight the nomads—the <a href="/wiki/Saka" title="Saka">Saka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yuezhi" title="Yuezhi">Yuezhi</a>, and was reportedly compelled to pay them tribute.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hyspaosines" title="Hyspaosines">Hyspaosines</a>, who had recently created the principality of <a href="/wiki/Characene" title="Characene">Characene</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a>, took advantage of the Parthian difficulties in the east by proclaiming his independence from Parthian suzerainty. He then went on to briefly seize <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 127 B.C</span>), and by 125/4 BC, he controlled parts of Mesopotamia as indicated by coin mints of him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShayegan2011111_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShayegan2011111-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artabanus I chose to remain in the east to deal with the nomads, whom he considered more of a danger. In 124/3 BC, just like Phraates II, Artabanus I died during a battle against the Yuezhi in the east,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reportedly from a wound in his arm.<sup id="cite_ref-JUS_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JUS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_II_of_Parthia" title="Mithridates II of Parthia">Mithridates II</a>, who not only finally dealt with the nomads pressuring the eastern Parthian borders, but also expanded Parthian authority in the west, transforming the Parthian Empire into a superpower.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984213_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984213-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artabanus_I_of_Parthia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-his_reign-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-his_reign_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The exact period that Artabanus I reigned is disputed. According to <a href="#CITEREFShayegan2011">Shayegan (2011</a>, pp. 41–42), his reign was 127-125 BC; <a href="#CITEREFCurtis2007">Curtis (2007</a>, pp. 11, 15) states 127-124/3 BC; <a href="#CITEREFSchippmann1986a">Schippmann (1986a</a>, pp. 647–650) states 127-124/3 BC; <a href="#CITEREFDąbrowa2012">Dąbrowa (2012</a>, p. 170) states 126-123/2 BC.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artabanus_I_of_Parthia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986a647–650_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchippmann1986a">Schippmann 1986a</a>, pp. 647–650.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDandamayev1986646–647-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDandamayev1986646–647_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDandamayev1986646–647_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDandamayev1986">Dandamayev 1986</a>, pp. 646–647.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012179-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012179_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012179_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDąbrowa2012">Dąbrowa 2012</a>, p. 179.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986b647–650-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchippmann1986b647–650_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchippmann1986b">Schippmann 1986b</a>, pp. 647–650.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShayegan201141–42-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShayegan201141–42_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShayegan2011">Shayegan 2011</a>, pp. 41–42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012169-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012169_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDąbrowa2012">Dąbrowa 2012</a>, p. 169.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKia201623-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKia201623_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKia2016">Kia 2016</a>, p. 23.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECurtis200711-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurtis200711_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCurtis2007">Curtis 2007</a>, p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012170-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDąbrowa2012170_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDąbrowa2012">Dąbrowa 2012</a>, p. 170.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECurtis200715-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurtis200715_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCurtis2007">Curtis 2007</a>, p. 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECurtis20079-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurtis20079_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCurtis2007">Curtis 2007</a>, p. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShayegan2011111-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShayegan2011111_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShayegan2011">Shayegan 2011</a>, p. 111.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JUS-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JUS_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Justin, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030902213004/http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/english/trans41.html">xli. 42</a><sup><a 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