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Arsacid
Արշակունի
Arshakuni
Parent houseArsacids of Parthia
CountryKingdom of Armenia
Founded12
Current headExtinct
Final rulerArtaxias IV
TitlesKing of Armenia
Dissolution428

The Arsacid dynasty, called the Arshakuni (Armenian: Արշակունի, romanized: Aršakuni) in Armenian, ruled the Kingdom of Armenia, with some interruptions, from 12 to 428.[1] The dynasty was a branch of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia. Arsacid kings reigned intermittently throughout the chaotic years following the fall of the Artaxiad dynasty until 62, when Tiridates I, brother of Parthian King Vologases I, secured Arsacid rule in Armenia as a client king of Rome. However, he did not succeed in establishing his line on the throne, and various princes of different Arsacid lineages ruled until the accession of Vologases II, who succeeded in establishing his own line on the Armenian throne, which ruled the kingdom until its abolishment by the Sasanian Empire in 428.[1]

Two of the most notable events under Arsacid rule in Armenian history were the conversion of Armenia to Christianity by Gregory the Illuminator and Tiridates III in the early 4th century and the creation of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots in c. 405. In contrast to the more Hellenic-influenced Artaxiads, the reign of the Arsacids of Armenia was marked by greater Iranian influence in the country.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Toumanoff 1986, pp. 543–546.

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