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Personal data Pacorus II der Parthen 

• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Pacorus II was koning van de Parthen van 78 tot ca. 105.
  
  Hij was de opvolger en vermoedelijk de zoon van Vologases I. Op zijn munten duidde hij zichzelf niet alleen aan met de Parthische troonnaam Arsaces (zie bij Arsaces I), maar ook met zijn eigen naam Pacorus. Daaruit valt op te maken dat zijn regering omstreden was. Uit andere munten blijkt inderdaad dat hij met verschillende tegenkoningen te maken had: Vologases II (77-80), Artabanus III (ca. 80-90) en Vologases III (vanaf 105).
  
  Van Pacorus' regering zijn maar weinig gegevens bekend. Cassius Dio vermeldt dat hij het koninkrijk Osroene verkocht aan Abgar VII en dat hij in Armenië in conflict raakte met de Romeinen. Ammianus Marcellinus schrijft dat hij de Parthische hoofdstad Ctesiphon uitbreidde en met stadsmuren versterkte. Uit een brief van Plinius aan Trajanus valt op te maken dat hij goede contacten onderhield met de Daciërs.

• (Levens event) .

  Pacorus II of Parthia (Persian: ????? ????), ruled the Parthian Empire from about 78 to 105. A son of Vonones II and brother of Vologases I, he was given the kingdom of Media Atropatene by the latter after his succession to the throne. After Vologases' death, Pacorus revolted against his brother's son and successor, Vologases II (c. 78–80), defeating and deposing him.
  
  According to the Roman historian Cassius Dio, Pacorus sold the kingdom of Osroene to Abgar VII, and according to Ammianus Marcellinus he enlarged the Parthian capital Ctesiphon and built its walls. In the year 101, Pacorus sent an embassy to the Han Dynasty of China, the latter which recorded Parthia as the Anxi kingdom.[1]
  
  On his numerous coins he always calls himself "Arsaces Pacorus". This mention of his proper name, together with the royal name Arsaces, shows that his kingdom was disputed by rivals. Three of them we know from coins; in addition to Vologases II, they included Artabanus III, c. 80–90 and Vologases III, from about 105. Pacorus died about 105; he was succeeded by his brother Osroes I, who maintained the rivalry with king Vologases III based in east Parthia.
  
  By an unknown wife Pacorus had three sons: Axidares (Ashkhadar), Parthamasiris (Partamasir) who served as Kings of Armenia and Meredates who served as King of Characene in the mid second century.

• He died in the year 105.
• A child of Vonones II der Parthen and Tausorapis van Chalcis
• This information was last updated on February 8, 2013.

Household of Pacorus II der Parthen

(1) He is married to Julia Artavazdes van Atropatene.

They got marriedSource 2

Child(ren):

1. Axidares der Parthen  
2. Meredates der Parthen  
3. Parthamasiris der Parthen  

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