King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 147 to 191
Vologases IV π πππ
King of Kings
Vologases IV's portrait on the obverse of a tetradrachm, showing him wearing a beard and a tiara on his head
King of the Parthian Empire
Reign
147β191
Predecessor
Vologases III
Successor
Osroes II (rival king) Vologases V (successor)
Died
191
Issue
Pacorus Vologases V
Dynasty
Arsacid dynasty
Father
Mithridates V
Religion
Zoroastrianism
Vologases IV (Parthian: π πππWalagash) was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 147 to 191. He was the son of Mithridates V (r. 129β140). Vologases spent the early years of his reign re-asserting Parthian control over the Kingdom of Characene. From 161 to 166, he waged war against the Roman Empire; although initially successful, conquering Armenia and Syria, he was eventually pushed back, briefly losing control of the Parthian capitals of Seleucia and Ctesiphon to the Romans. The Romans suffered heavy losses from a plague erupting from Seleucia in 166, forcing them to withdraw. The war ended soon afterward, with Vologases losing most of northern Mesopotamia to the Romans. He died in 191 and was succeeded by his son Vologases V.
afterward, with Vologases losing most of northern Mesopotamia to the Romans. He died in 191 and was succeeded by his son Vologases V. Vologases is the Greek...
Vologases I c. 51β78 Vologases II c. 77β80 Vologases III c. 105β147 VologasesIV c. 147β191 Vologases V c. 191β208 Vologases VI c. 208β228 Vologases I...
son Rev I (r.β186β216) on the Iberian throne in 189. Vologases succeeded his father VologasesIV as king of the Parthian Empire in 191; it is uncertain...
state was gaining hefty income from. Vologases III was succeeded by Mithridates V's son VologasesIV in 147. Vologases is the Greek and Latin form of the...
"strength". Vologases VI succeeded his father Vologases V as king in c.β208. His rule was unquestioned for a few years, till his brother Artabanus IV rebelled...
Middle Persian variant was ArdawΔn (ππππ). In c.β208, Vologases VI succeeded his father Vologases V as king of the Parthian Empire. His rule was unquestioned...
reached, and Vologases was placed in charge of Armenia. Vologases ruled Armenia until 140. VologasesIV, the son of the legitimate Parthian King Mithridates...
Europe for naming years. King VologasesIV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. A coalition of Chinese warlords...
his reign suggests that he rebelled against VologasesIV but was unable to maintain himself against Vologases V. His coins were issued by the mint at Ecbatana...
or a brother of Osroes I. His son, VologasesIV of Parthia (147β191), took the throne after the death of Vologases III in 147. John Malalas, Chronographia...
Oxford: Routledge. ISBNΒ 978-0367481902. Gregoratti, Leonardo (2018). "Vologases I". In Bagnall, Roger (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Leiden:...
wronged him. One of those kings, VologasesIV of Parthia, made his move in late summer or early autumn 161. Vologases entered the Kingdom of Armenia (then...
VologasesIV Sohaemus (second reign), 164βc. 180 Vologases II, c. 180β190, son of the Parthian king VologasesIV, later ruled Parthia (as Vologases V)...
Osroene. Osroes I died during his conflict with Vologases III, the latter succeeded by VologasesIV of Parthia (r. c.Β 147β191Β AD) who ushered in a period...
II, controlling Media, claims the throne of the Parthian Empire. King VologasesIV of Parthia puts down the rebellion and restores order. Cleomedes teaches...
for a few months. Vologases' mother was a Greek concubine of the Parthian harem. The name of the Arsacid branch established by Vologases I has been coined...
50β65 Vologases I c. 51β78 Vardanes II c. 55β58 Vologases II c. 77β80 Pacorus II c. 78β115 Artabanus (V) or Artabanus III c. 80β90 Vologases III c. 105β147...
Province of Mesopotamia Sinatruces II Mithridates V VologasesIV Osroes II Vologases V Vologases VI Artabanus IV 224β270 CE Sasanian Empire Province of Asoristan...
with the Parthians, due to the invasion of Syria and Armenia by King VologasesIV of Parthia. Arrian, Greek historian and writer, publishes Indica, a work...
Vologases III took over Mithridates' realm, but another son of Mithridates, VologasesIV, eventually came to the throne after the death of Vologases III...
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1993) Dβyakonov, I. M., "Istoriya Midii ot drevenΔshikh vremen do kontsa IV beka de e.E" (The history of Media from ancient times to the end of the 4th...
Kashtiliash IV's son, Adad-shuma-usur, on the throne. Babylonian King List A contradicts this, listing three rulers between Kashtiliash IV and Adad-shuma-usur...
lost. The emperor Marcus Aurelius' Parthian War (161β166) against King VologasesIV. According to Greco-Roman historian Cassius Dio, a Parthian army led...
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the Parthian rulers intervened in the conflict, the son of VologasesIV of Parthia, Vologases II assumed the Armenian throne in 186. Birley, Septimius Severus:...