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Kamnaskires III

Kamnaskires III

King of the Elymais from 82/81 BC to 75 BC

Kamnaskires III (also spelled Kammashkiri III) was the Kamnaskirid king of Elymais from 82/1 BC to 75 BC.[1] Elymais had since 124 BC been under complete Parthian control.[2] However, in 81/80 BC, coins of king Kamnaskires III and his wife Anzaze appears, which indicates that the kingdom had been restored.[3] According to Babylonian sources, the incumbent Parthian monarch Orodes I (r. 80–75 BC) launched an expedition into Elymais in 78 BC, where he defeated Kamnaskires III.[2] Kamnaskires III was not deposed, however, and continued ruling the kingdom now as a Parthian vassal.[2] Kamnaskires III's successor is unknown, however, it is known that Kamnaskires IV ruled Elymais from 62/1 BCE.[4][1][5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kia 2016, p. 334.
  2. [2]
    Shayegan 2011, p. 325.
  3. [3]
    Shayegan 2011, pp. 324–325.
  4. [4]
    Hansman 1998, pp. 373–376.
  5. [5]
    Rezakhani 2013, p. 773.

Sources

  • Kia, Mehrdad (2016). The Persian Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1610693912. (2 volumes)
  • Hansman, John F. (1998). "Elymais". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 4. pp. 373–376.
  • G. J. P. McEwan: A Parthian Campaign against Elymais in 77 B.C., in: Iran, 24 (1986), pp. 91-94
  • D. T. Potts: The Archaeology of Elam, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999, p. 392
  • Rezakhani, Khodadad (2013). "Arsacid, Elymaean, and Persid Coinage". In Potts, Daniel T. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199733309.
  • Shayegan, M. Rahim (2011). Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–539. ISBN 9780521766418.
Preceded by King of Elymais
82/1–75 BC		 Succeeded by
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