Arsacid Dynastic Marriages
Arsacid Dynastic Marriages

Summary/Abstract: Dynastic marriages in the Hellenistic world were an important diplomatic tool that provideddistinct political benefi ts to one or both of the parties involved. The Parthian rulers from theArsacid dynasty also engaged in such unions with other ruling houses. Surviving sources containinformation on such marriages with the members of the Seleucid family, the Artaxiad dynasty,which ruled in Armenia, but also ruling houses in Commagene and Media Atropatene. Not all ofthese links resulted from a bilateral agreement, however; some were the result of imposition of theArsacids’ will. The author attempts to demonstrate the circumstances in which each of the knowndynastic marriages of the rulers of Parthia came about, as well as the objectives they hoped toachieve as a result.

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