2 Ariobazanes or, according to some historians, Tigranes IV (V) is placed by Augustus on the disputed throne. He may have been a Mede or perhaps an Armenian exile.
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2 Death of Ariobazanes. Erato, probably widow of Tigranes III (IV), succeeds.
4 According to Armenian historians a son of Ariobazanes (Artavasdes III) takes the throne from Erato, but she regains it in a few months. After Erato’s death or deposition (date uncertain) and a short interregnum,
16 Vonones the exiled monarch of Parthia is chosen king, but Tiberius persuades him to retire to Syria.
18 Artaxias III chosen king after a short interregnum. He is succeeded by (date unknown) Arsaces I, placed on the throne by his father Artabanus III of Parthia.
35 Death of Arsaces through treachery of Mithridates, brother of Pharasmanes king of Iberia. Mithridates invades Armenia, and Tiberius gives him the throne. Caligula summons him to Rome, imprisons him, but restores him about 47.
52 Mithridates slain by his nephew Rhadamistus of Iberia.
54 Vologases I of Parthia expels Rhadamistus and makes his own brother Tiridates I king.