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Zarbienus

1st century BCE · 1st century BCE

Zarbienus was a king of Gordyene (Corduene), in the mountains south of Lake Van, in the 1st century BCE, while it was subject to Tigranes the Great of Armenia. According to Plutarch, he negotiated secretly with the Romans under Lucullus, was betrayed and put to death with his family by Tigranes. After invading Gordyene, Lucullus gave him a royal funeral and raised a monument in his honour.

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