Zeno

Also known as: Artaxias · Family: Pontic/Armenian · Role: king of Pontus and king of Armenia · First appears: Annals II (10)

Life events

• Germanicus crowned Zeno king of Armenia, and the Armenians hailed him as Artaxias.(Annals II (10) · 📍 Artaxata)
  • With: Germanicus
  • “Upon his head therefore, at the city of Artaxata, with the approbation of the nobles, in a great assembly, Germanicus put the regal diadem; and the Armenians doing homage to their king, saluted him, Artaxias, a name which from that of their city, they gave him.”

Annals II (10)

• parent: Polemon “Zeno, son of Polemon, king of Pontus”
• employer: Germanicus “Upon his head therefore, at the city of Artaxata, with the approbation of the nobles, in a great assembly, Germanicus put the regal diadem; and the Armenians doing homage to their king, saluted him, Artaxias, a name which from that of their city, they gave him.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.