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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color: #cbe; color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Sohaemus of Armenia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Antoninus_Pius_%C3%86_Sestertius_84001035.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Antoninus_Pius_%C3%86_Sestertius_84001035.jpg/220px-Antoninus_Pius_%C3%86_Sestertius_84001035.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Antoninus_Pius_%C3%86_Sestertius_84001035.jpg/330px-Antoninus_Pius_%C3%86_Sestertius_84001035.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Antoninus_Pius_%C3%86_Sestertius_84001035.jpg/440px-Antoninus_Pius_%C3%86_Sestertius_84001035.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="388" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Coin of <a href="/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" title="Antoninus Pius">Antoninus Pius</a>, struck at the Rome mint, dated ca. 141-143. On the reverse, a standing Pius is depicted, holding roll and placing hand on head of Roman-appointed king of Armenia Sohaemus, who raises hand to adjust tiara.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Armenian_kings#Arshakuni_(Arsacid)_Kings_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Armenian kings">King of Armenia</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">1st Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">144–161</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vologases_I_of_Armenia" title="Vologases I of Armenia">Vologases I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pacorus_of_Armenia" title="Pacorus of Armenia">Pacorus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2nd Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">163–180</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pacorus_of_Armenia" title="Pacorus of Armenia">Pacorus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vologases_V" title="Vologases V">Vologases 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">180</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gaius Julius Sohaemus</b><sup id="cite_ref-Birley-224_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley-224-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Σόαιμος</span>; died 180) was a Roman client king of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Armenia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sohaemus_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sohaemus, a prominent person in the Roman Empire in the 2nd century, was from the <a href="/wiki/Orontid_dynasty" title="Orontid dynasty">Orontid dynasty</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Commagene" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Commagene">Commagene</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_family_of_Emesa" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal family of Emesa">Emesene dynasty</a> from <a href="/wiki/History_of_Syria" title="History of Syria">Syria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Birley-71_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley-71-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His contemporary, the novelist <a href="/wiki/Iamblichus_(novelist)" title="Iamblichus (novelist)">Iamblichus</a><sup id="cite_ref-Birley-71_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley-71-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> claims Sohaemus as his fellow-countryman.<sup id="cite_ref-Birley-224_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley-224-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iamblichus calls Sohaemus an <a href="/wiki/Arsacid_dynasty_of_Armenia" title="Arsacid dynasty of Armenia">Arsacid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid</a> in his lineage. He was a descendant of the Median Princess <a href="/wiki/Iotapa_(daughter_of_Artavasdes_I)" title="Iotapa (daughter of Artavasdes I)">Iotapa</a>, who was once betrothed to the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" title="Ptolemaic dynasty">Ptolemaic Prince</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Helios" title="Alexander Helios">Alexander Helios</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Birley-71-224_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley-71-224-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Little is known about Sohaemus’ family and early life prior to becoming King of Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before becoming king, Sohaemus had been a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Senate" title="Roman Senate">Roman senator</a> and served as a Consul in Rome at an unknown date.<sup id="cite_ref-Birley-71-224_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley-71-224-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 144, Sohaemus received the Armenian throne from the Roman emperor <a href="/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" title="Antoninus Pius">Antoninus Pius</a> after the death of <a href="/wiki/Vologases_I_of_Armenia" title="Vologases I of Armenia">Vologases I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1987161–162_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1987161–162-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In honor of his first ascent to the throne of Armenia, a sestertius with images of Sohaemus and Antoninus Pius was issued in Rome with the inscription "A king given to the Armenians". Sohaemus was a contemporary to the rule of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_emperor" title="Roman emperor">Roman emperors</a> Antoninus Pius, <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" title="Marcus Aurelius">Marcus Aurelius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Verus" title="Lucius Verus">Lucius Verus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commodus" title="Commodus">Commodus</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Nerva%E2%80%93Antonine_dynasty" title="Nerva–Antonine dynasty">Nerva–Antonine dynasty</a>. In his first reign, he ruled from 144 to 161. Not much is known about his first reign. The novelist Iamblichus living in Armenia at the time of his rule describes his reign as ‘in succession to his ancestors’.<sup id="cite_ref-Birley-71_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley-71-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This statement can also refer to his former ancestor <a href="/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Emesa" title="Sohaemus of Emesa">Sohaemus of Emesa</a> who lived in the 1st century.<sup id="cite_ref-Birley-71_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley-71-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 161 <a href="/wiki/Vologases_IV_of_Parthia" class="mw-redirect" title="Vologases IV of Parthia">Vologases IV of Parthia</a>, son of the legitimate King <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_IV_of_Parthia" title="Mithridates IV of Parthia">Mithridates IV of Parthia</a>, dispatched his troops to seize Armenia and eradicated the Roman legions stationed in the country under the <a href="/wiki/Legatus" class="mw-redirect" title="Legatus">legate</a> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Sedatius_Severianus" title="Marcus Sedatius Severianus">Marcus Sedatius Severianus</a>. Vologases then installed <a href="/wiki/Pacorus_of_Armenia" title="Pacorus of Armenia">Pacorus</a> as King of Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1987161–162_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1987161–162-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Encouraged by the <a href="/wiki/Spahbod" class="mw-redirect" title="Spahbod">s<i>pahbod</i></a> Osroes, Parthian troops marched further west into Roman Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Armenia was seized by the Parthians, Sohaemus went into political exile, living in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Rome</a> where he became a senator.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These events provoked a new <a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Parthian_Wars" title="Roman–Parthian Wars">Roman-Parthian war</a> and peace was made on Roman terms, with Sohaemus reinstalled as King of Armenia by Lucius Verus in either 163 or 164.<sup id="cite_ref-Hout-301_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hout-301-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ceremony for Sohaemus becoming King of Armenia for the second time may have taken place in <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ephesus" title="Ephesus">Ephesus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This war cost Rome dearly, because the victorious army brought back with it from the east a plague that spread very quickly throughout the empire. Emperor <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" title="Marcus Aurelius">Marcus Aurelius</a> tried to declare Armenia a province of Rome, but the uprising of Armenians led by Prince Tiridates forced the Romans to abandon their plans. In 164, Latin coinage was struck in Armenia with the inscription <i>L. Verus. Aug. Armeniacus</i> and on the reverse <i>Rex Armen(ii)s datus</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hout-301_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hout-301-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The time of his second reign is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sohaemus reigned from 163 perhaps up to 186. Under Sohaemus, construction work continued in the capital <a href="/wiki/Vagharshapat" title="Vagharshapat">Vagharshapat</a>. A citadel, defensive fortifications, a palace complex, and several pagan temples were built in the city. Sometime during his reign, Sohaemus was expelled by elements favorable to Parthia.<sup id="cite_ref-Birley=174_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley=174-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A man called Tiridates, who had murdered the King of the <a href="/wiki/Osroene" title="Osroene">Osroenes</a> and had brandished his sword in the face of <a href="/wiki/Publius_Martius_Verus" title="Publius Martius Verus">Publius Martius Verus</a>, the governor of <a href="/wiki/Cappadocia_(Roman_province)" title="Cappadocia (Roman province)">Cappadocia</a>, when rebuked for it, stirred up trouble in Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-Birley=174_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley=174-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tiridates' only punishment for his crimes was to be exiled to <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman Britain</a> by Marcus Aurelius.<sup id="cite_ref-Birley=174_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birley=174-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of Sohaemus’ second expulsion from Armenia, Roman forces went to war with the Parthians, who retook most of their lost territory in 166, while Sohaemus fled to Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus and the Parthian rulers intervened in the conflict, the son of <a href="/wiki/Vologases_IV_of_Parthia" class="mw-redirect" title="Vologases IV of Parthia">Vologases IV of Parthia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vologases_V_of_Parthia" class="mw-redirect" title="Vologases V of Parthia">Vologases II</a> assumed the Armenian throne in 186. </p> <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=Sohaemus_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><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 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.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHovannisian2002" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Hovannisian" title="Richard G. Hovannisian">Hovannisian, Richard</a> (2002). <i>Armenian Tsopk/Kharpert</i>. Mazda Publishers. p. 113. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1568591500" title="Special:BookSources/1568591500"><bdi>1568591500</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Armenian+Tsopk%2FKharpert&rft.pages=113&rft.pub=Mazda+Publishers&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1568591500&rft.aulast=Hovannisian&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASohaemus+of+Armenia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Birley-71-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Birley-71_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birley-71_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birley-71_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birley-71_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Birley, <i>Septimius Severus: the African emperor</i>, p.71</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Birley-71-224-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Birley-71-224_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birley-71-224_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Birley, <i>Septimius Severus: the African emperor</i>, pp. 71, 224</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to <a href="/wiki/Christian_Settipani" title="Christian Settipani">Christian Settipani</a>, Sohaemus was the son of Avitus (Gaius Julius Avitus), son of Sohaemus (Gaius Julius Longinus Sohaemus), son of <a href="/wiki/Caius_Julius_Sampsigeramus" class="mw-redirect" title="Caius Julius Sampsigeramus">Sampsiceramus</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Alexio" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaius Julius Alexio">Alexio</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Emesa" title="Sohaemus of Emesa">Sohaemus</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1987161–162-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1987161–162_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1987161–162_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRussell1987">Russell 1987</a>, pp. 161–162.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sellwood Coinage of <a href="/wiki/Parthia" title="Parthia">Parthia</a> 257-260, 268-277; Debevoise History of <a href="/wiki/Parthia" title="Parthia">Parthia</a> 245; Dio Cass.71.2.1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birley, <i>Marcus Aurelius</i>, p. 131</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hout-301-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hout-301_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hout-301_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">van den Hout, <i>A commentary on the Letters of M. Cornelius Fronto</i>, pp. 301-2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bowman, <i>The Cambridge ancient history: The High Empire, A.D. 70-192</i>, p.163</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birley, <i>Septimius Severus: the African emperor</i>, p.72</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Birley=174-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Birley=174_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birley=174_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birley=174_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Birley, <i>Marcus Aurelius</i>, pp.236</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">HA Verus 8.1-4; Dio Cass. 71.2.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sohaemus_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tyndalehouse.com/egypt/ptolemies/affilates/aff_ptolemies.htm">Royal Ancient Egyptian Genealogy: Ptolemaic Dynasty</a></li> <li>A. R. Birley, <i>Septimius Severus: The African Emperor</i>, Routledge, 1999</li> <li>A. R. Birley, <i>Marcus Aurelius</i>, Routledge, 2000</li> <li>A. K. Bowman, P. Garnsey & D. Rathbone, <i>The High Empire, A.D. 70-192</i>, Cambridge University Press, 2000</li> <li>A. E. Redgate, <i>The Armenians</i>, Blackwell Publishing, 2000</li> <li>C. Settipani, <i>Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l’époque imperial</i>, Oxford, 2000</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRussell1987" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_R._Russell" title="James R. Russell">Russell, James R.</a> (1987). <i>Zoroastrianism in Armenia</i>. 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