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King Artaxias II. of Armenia is killed by his relatives.

Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Origin: Armenian Gender: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: upper class
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Artaxias II., King of Armenia Origin: Armenian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :intrasocial
    interpersonal
    Source :Cornelius Tacitus, Annals 2.3 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :1 B.C.
    Year :20 B.C.
     
    Context :conspiracy
    murder
    regicide
    Motivation :political
    Long-Term Consequence :coronation/inauguration
     
    Original Text :eius filius Artaxias, memoria patris nobis infensus, Arsacidarum vi seque regnumque tutatus est. occiso Artaxia per dolum propinquorum datus a Caesare Armeniis Tigranes deductusque in regnum a Tiberio Nerone.
     
    Translation :His son, Artaxias, our bitter foe because of his father's memory, found defence for himself and his kingdom in the might of the Arsacids. When he was slain by the treachery of kinsmen, Caesar gave Tigranes to the Armenians, and he was put in possession of the kingdom under the escort of Tiberius Nero.
     
    Edition :Annales ab excessu divi Augusti. Cornelius Tacitus. Charles Dennis Fisher. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1906.

    Complete Works of Tacitus. Tacitus. Alfred John Church. William Jackson Brodribb. Sara Bryant. edited for Perseus. New York. : Random House, Inc. Random House, Inc. reprinted 1942.
     
     
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    Last changed :2024-03-17 : 12:51:32
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