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Arsames I

3rd century BCE · 3rd century BCE

Arsames I was a king of Sophene, and possibly of Commagene, in the 3rd century BCE, a member of the Orontid dynasty that had ruled Armenia under the Achaemenids. He is credited with founding the cities of Arsamosata and Arsameia, and he is said to have sheltered the Seleucid prince Antiochus Hierax during the dynastic wars of the Seleucid Empire.

Arsames I
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