User:HistoryofIran/Artabanus II of Parthia

Artabanus II (also spelled Artabanos II or Ardawan II; Ardawān), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus III, was the King of Kings of the Arsacid Empire from 12 to 38/41. He was the nephew and successor of Vonones I ((r. 8 – 12)). His father was a Dahae prince, whilst his mother was a daughter of the Arsacid King of Kings Phraates IV ((r. 37 – 2))