-
Empire 250
years before the
kingdom of
Elymais came into existence. A
number of
Aramaic inscriptions are
found in
Elymais. The region's "wealth in
silver and...
- The
Elamites created a new kingdom,
Elymais,
around 147 BC.
Initially ruled by the
Kamnaskirid dynasty,
Elymais often fell
under the
control of the Parthian...
- of the
Elymais. The
modern historian Trudy S.
Kawami has
suggested the
figure might be
Kamnaskires II Nikephoros, the
second ruler of
Elymais, who declared...
- used no
honorific at all. In 540 BC,
Achaemenid rule
began in Susa.
Elymaïs was the
location of the
death of
Antiochus III the
Great who was killed...
- (silver)
Persian coinage Persis coinage Parthian coinage S****anian
coinage Elymais coinage Litra Shekel As Antonini****
Argenteus (silver) As (copper) Aureus...
-
affairs in
other parts of the empire,
bringing Armenia, Media, Atropatene,
Elymais, and
Persia back into the
Seleucid fold. By the time of the
invasion of...
-
Kings of
Elymais Orodes I of
Elymais (c. 25- c. 50 AD)
Orodes II of
Elymais (c. 50- c. 70 AD)
Orodes III (c. 90- c. 100 AD)
Orodes IV of
Elymais (c. 140-...
- and the
adjacent Elymais broke free from the
Seleucid Empire. The city was at
least temporarily ruled by the
rulers of the
Elymais with
Kamnaskires II...
-
Orodes II of
Elymais, also
known as Kamnaskires-Orodes, was the
ruler of
Elymais in the late 1st-century. He was the son and
successor of
Orodes I, and...
-
Orodes I of
Elymais was the
ruler of
Elymais in the late 1st-century.
Unlike the
previous rulers of the kingdom, he
belonged to a
cadet branch of the Arsacid...
