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Ariaramnes
Ariaramnes
Achaemenid dynasty
Born: ?? Died: ??
Preceded by King of Persia Succeeded by
Teispes Arsames
Ariaramnes (Old Persian: ????????[1] Ariyāramna,[2] "He His English name is derived - via Latin - from the
who brings peace to the Aryans (i.e. Iranians)"[3]) was a Greek Ἀριαράμνης. In Modern Persian, he is spelled
great uncle of Cyrus the Great and the great-grandfather ]5[.ایرارمنه
of Darius I, and perhaps the king of Parsa, the ancient
core kingdom of Persia.
Ariaramnes was most likely the brother of Cyrus I of
References
Anshan and son of Teispes, but this is not certain. In any [1] Akbarzadeh (2006), page 56
case, he was a member of the Achaemenid House. As sup- [2] Kent (1384 AP), page 393
ported by the relief at Bisitun he was the first king of [3] See Shahbazi (1987). Shahbazi believes this
a separate Achaemenid branch that ran parallel to the interpretation is problematic.
reigns of Cyrus I and his son Cambyses I. [4] see Brosius M (2000), The Persian Empire From Cyrus I
to Artaxerxes I, LACTOR 16.
[5] Kent (1384 AP), page 391
Hamadan Tablet
Some time in the first half of the 20th Century two gold
tablets relating to Ariarmnes were found in Hamadan,
Bibliography
modern Ecbatana. These gold tablets allegedly docu- • Akbarzadeh, D.; A. Yahyanezhad (2006) (in Persian).
mented the reigns of Ariaramnes and his son Arsames The Behistun Inscriptions (Old Persian Texts). Khaneye-
and were written in Old Persian in the first person. This Farhikhtagan-e Honarhaye Sonati.
is the only evidence we have from the time documenting ISBN 964-8499-05-5.
his reign and thus this branch of the Achaemenid royal • Kent, Ronald Grubb (1384 AP) (in Persian). Old
family. However it is now widely believed that these Persian: Grammar, Text, Glossary. translated into
tablets are fakes (either modern or ancient).[4] This is be- Persian by S. Oryan. ISBN 964-421-045-X.
cause they were found on an uncontrolled dig. • A. Sh. Shahbazi (1987): "Ariyaramna", in
Another attestation of his reign is the later Behistun Encyclopaedia Iranica.
Inscription, where his great grandson Darius I states that
eight Achaemenid kings preceded him - and then, he
must be counting Ariaramnes as a king.
External links
• livius.org article on Ariamnes
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