Sophene was originally a province in Armenia.
Borders on Armenia Maior, Cappadocia, Commagene and Mesopotamia.
Descent from Zariadris is uncertain.
Note that king Abdissares is no longer
considered a king of Sophene, but of Adiabene.
Literature
Barrett, Antony A.: "Sohaemus, King of
Emesa and Sophene", in The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 98, 1977,
p.153-159 (argues that the Sohaemus appointed
king of Sophene is Sohaemus, king of Emesa)
Bedoukian, Paul Z.: "Coinage of the
Armenian Kingdoms of Sophene and Commagene", in Museum Notes (American
Numismatic Society) , Vol. 281983, p.
71-88
Eder, Walter and Renger, Johannes:
"Brill's Chronologies of the Ancient World , New Pauly Names, Dates and
Dynasties", New Pauly Supplement I,Leiden, 2007, p.96
Frankfort, Therese.: "La Sophene et
Rome", in Latomus 22,1963,
p.181-190
Marciak Michal: "Sophene, Gordyene, and
Adiabene: Three Regna Minora of Northern Mesopotamia Between East and
West", Leiden, The Netherlands, 2017,
p.68-77(coin name Mori is not the name of a king Morphilig, as proposed by
most scholars, but of a mint Morima in Cappadocia), p.113-156 (kinglist
p.154-156)
Nercessian, Y.T.: "Coinage of the
Armenian Kingdom of Sophene (ca. 260-70 B.C.)", in Armenian Numismatic
Journal, vol. Vol. 7 (37), 2011, p.53-64
Sullivan, Richard D.: "Near Eastern
Royalty and Rome 100-30 BC", University of Toronto Press 1990, sections
on Sophene (pp.105-106 and 280-291) with stemma 9 at bookend.
Toumanoff, Cyril: "Toumanoff_Studies in
Christian Caucasian History", Georgetown University, 1963, p.277-305
(chapter III The Orontids of Armenia),
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SEE ARMENIA
RE3
RE9
Xerxes
Orontes III (IV)
king of
Armenia-Sophene
last Orontid
post 228-post
212
king of Armenia Maior 220-before 190
besieged c.212
overthrown by Artaxias I
murdered by his
wife
~ Antiochis, dt
of Seleucus II,
king of Syria
246-225
?
Zariadris (Zareh)
Ptolomaeus
strategos of
Sophene c.202-c.163
grandson og Arsames
king of Sophene
188-c.163
founder of the dynasty
of Commagene c.163
king c.163-c.130
see separate stemma
Mithrobuzanes
king of Sophene
c.163 (or earlier) -??
name Morphilig
is an error
Arkathias
king of
Sophene between Mithrobuzanes and Artanes
attested only
through coins
RE1
Artanes
(Arsakes, Orontes IV)
Tigranes the Great
king of Sophene
??- c.95
* c.140 † c.55 aged 85
no coinage
known,
King of Armenia 95-c.55
deposed by Tigranes II of Armenia
King of Syria 83-69
no ruling
dynasty in
King of Kings c.87
Sophene until
54 AD
2 ~ Cleopatra dt of Mithridates
VI of Pontus
RE2
Mithrobuzanes
Tigranes the Younger
viceroy of
Sophene
fled to Parthia 66
† 69 killed in
battle
King of Sophene 66/65 appointed by Pompey and deposed by him
66/65
annexed 69
imprisoned,released 58, no further mention
~ dt of Phraates III king of Parthia c.69-c.57 BC
J541 RE Samp2
C. Iulius Sampsiceramus II
priest King of
Emesa 14-42 AD
~ Iotape, dt
of Mithridates III,
KIng of Commagene from 20BC