Artabanus

Family: Parthian · Role: king of the Parthians · First appears: Tiberius 66

Life events

Artabanus solicited Caligula’s friendship and paid high honours to Roman standards and imperial images.(Caligula 14 · 📍 Euphrates)
- With: Caligula
- “Even Artabanus, king of the Parthians, who had always manifested hatred and contempt for Tiberius, solicited his friendship; came to hold a conference with his consular lieutenant, and passing the Euphrates, paid the highest honours to the eagles, the Roman standards, and the images of the Caesars.”
Lucius became governor of Syria and secured Artabanus's submission to Roman standards.(Vitellius 2 · 📍 Syria)
- With: Lucius Vitellius
- “Lucius, after his consulship, was made governor of Syria, and by his politic management not only brought Artabanus, king of the Parthians, to give him an interview, but to worship the standards of the Roman legions.”

enemies with Tiberius “To this accumulation of scandal and open sarcasm, there is to be subjoined a letter from Artabanus, king of the Parthians, in which he upbraids him with his parricides, murders, cowardice, and lewdness, and advises him to satisfy the furious rage of his own people, which he had so justly excited, by putting an end to his life without delay.”

friends with Caligula “Even Artabanus, king of the Parthians, who had always manifested hatred and contempt for Tiberius, solicited his friendship”
enemies with Tiberius “Even Artabanus, king of the Parthians, who had always manifested hatred and contempt for Tiberius”

with Lucius Vitellius (Lucius brought Artabanus to an interview and to worship the Roman standards.) “Lucius, after his consulship, was made governor of Syria, and by his politic management not only brought Artabanus, king of the Parthians, to give him an interview, but to worship the standards of the Roman legions.”

Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.