Artabanes (Greek: Ἀρταβάνης, Armenian: Արտաւան Artawan, from Parthian Artawân, fl. 538–554) was an East Roman (Byzantine) general of Armenian origin who...

Artapanus of Alexandria, whose name is sometimes rendered as "Artabanus" Artabanes (general) This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same...

commands Artabanes to avenge his father's death by killing Darius. Later in the garden, Artaxerxes expresses his love to Semira, the daughter of Artabanes and...

Sittas, Byzantine general, suppresses a revolt in Armenia in protest against heavy taxation. During the campaign he is killed by Artabanes, leader of the...

His vanguard, however, was heavily defeated by the Armenian Byzantine Artabanes at Fanum, leaving most of the booty behind. The remainder managed to reach...

in the conspiracy of the Armenian magister militum praesentalis Artabanes. Artabanes had felt slighted when the Empress Theodora had blocked his marriage...

Alathar 515: Vitalian 525-c. 530: Germanus 530–533: Chilbudius 550–c. 554: Artabanes 588: Priscus (1st time) 593: Priscus (2nd time) 593–594: Peter (1st time)...

descendant of the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia. He was also a kinsman of the general Artabanes, though the exact relation is not recorded. At some point, Arsaces...

stature at court was such that a plot was hatched by the disaffected general Artabanes and his kinsman Arsaces to assassinate Emperor Justinian and replace...

himself was overthrown by loyal troops under the Armenian Artabanes in early May. Artabanes was elevated to the office of magister militum Africae, but...

with the Moors by giving Byzacena to Antalas. Guntharic is overthrown by Artabanes, an Armenian officer, but he prefers to return to Constantinople rather...

at Constantinople, Artabanes followed, but Empress Theodora discovered that he was already married and forbade the union. Artabanes was enraged by this...

Old Persian Bagabuxša, meaning "God saved") was an Achaemenid Persian general, son of Zopyrus, satrap of Babylonia, and grandson of Megabyzus I, one...

and headed to Palermo, where in 551 he was replaced by the Armenian general Artabanes. During that time, a civil war had broken out in the Visigothic Kingdom...

independent ruler. His usurpation did not last long as he was assassinated by Artabanes, but it was not until the arrival of John Troglita in late 546 and his...

in unified forces. Procopius records that Sittas was killed by either Artabanes, a leader of the revolt, or Solomon, an otherwise obscure rebel. Martindale...

helping underprivileged women. In a well-known instance, she compelled General Artabanes, who intended to wed Justinian's niece, to reclaim the wife he abandoned...

the Byzantine army around 550 AD. He fought alongside Roman commander Artabanes against the Franks in Pisaurum. They saw them advancing along the Ionian...

invasion force was commanded by two Armenian defectors, Cylaces (Glak) and Artabanes (Artavan or Vahan). Faustus also mentions two Armenian nakharars (magnates)...

murdered after Pap's death, while Artabanes was killed by Pap's orders on suspicion of treason. Lenski believes that Artabanes may be identified with aspects...

Areobindus, only to be killed in turn by an Armenian Byzantine loyalist, Artabanes. Artabanes managed to regain control of the troops. His successor, John Troglita...

Byzantine Carthage a few years earlier. In 545, Areobindus sent a general named Artabanes along with his brother John the Armenian to confront the rebels...

the Armenian general Artabanes and his associates. The conspirators intended to assassinate Emperor Justinian and his favourite general Belisarius, and...

Roman Emperor). It has been suggested that John Mystacon was the son of Artabanes, a descendant of the Arsacids whose father and brother were called John...

Cutzinas and Artabanes against Antalas and defeated him. Guntharic himself was murdered soon after (May 546) by a conspiracy headed by Artabanes, and Carthage...

by the general Guntharic. The latter intended to declare himself independent of Constantinople, but was soon murdered by the Armenian Artabanes. The need...

site known as Artashesyan or Artavanyan Avan ('Artashes's town' or 'Artabanes's town'), although, according to Tadevos Hakobyan, this is incorrect. The...

refers to 550, regarding the voyage of Artabanes to Sicily. Appointed magister militum per Thracias, Artabanes was sent to replace the aged senator Liberius...

the Excubitors fell in the field along with the other senior Byzantine generals, including Emperor Nikephoros I himself (r. 802–811). The most prominent...

Areobindus's retinue included a contingent of Armenian troops led by Artabanes and John, descendants of the royal Armenian Arsacid line. An inexperienced...