Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia

Ariarathes Eusebes IV was King of Cappadocia and ruled 220-163 BC.

Life and work

Ariarathes IV was a son of the Cappadocian King Ariarathes III. and its Greco- Macedonian woman Stratonike, a daughter of Antiochus II Seleukidenkönigs. He ascended the throne as a child and ruled 57 years. He married Antiochis, daughter of Antiochus III Seleukidenkönigs. of Syria and his wife Laodice. As a result of this connection, he supported Antiochus III. in the war against the Romans, as in the battle of Magnesia (190 BC). However, this battle ended for the Seleucid defeat. When in 189 BC the consul Gnaeus Manlius Vulso in Asia Minor fought against the Galatians, Ariarathes IV made ​​the latter support. Thereupon the Consul was preparing to attack Cappadocia, then stood upon receipt of 200 talents of this plan again. In the winter of 189/188 BC Ariarathes ' ​​envoys came to interviews with Manlius Vulso to Ephesus and asked for peace of Rome, the consul of the first tied to the transfer of 600 talents. The Cappadocian king finally got peace on more favorable terms, namely a reduction of the required cash payment to 300 talents, through the use of Rome's ally Eumenes II, king of Pergamon, who had then taken Ariarathes ' ​​daughter Stratonike for fiancé and married them later. Ariarathes IV was taken out in the Roman amicitia. Between 183 and 179 BC supported Ariarathes IV Eumenes II in the war against Pharnakes I, King of Pontus. This had to make peace and conquered territories Cappadocian return. Towards the end of his reign came Ariarathes IV, the coins on the epithet Eusebes is settled, with the neighboring Trokmern in dispute that Rome asked for an award, but took the dissensions also under his successor.

Progeny

The question of the descendants of Ariarathes was possibly already the subject of a contemporary dynastic justified legend. The predominantly shown to date version is narrated by Diodorus. Thereafter Ariarathes ' ​​woman Antiochis have this secret two children named Ariarathes and Orophernes foisted, as they initially had no children of her husband. Afterwards, however, she had her husband, two daughters and a son, Mithridates, the later Ariarathes V., born, after which she taught her husband from the deception. Those then were sent away, the One to Rome, the other to Ionia, while the real son had become the successor in Cappadocia.

Swell

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Ariarathes III of Cappadocia Antiochus II Theos Antiochis (daughter of Antiochus the Great) Laodice IV Roman consul Galatia#Celtic Galatia Eumenes II. Pharnaces I of Pontus Trocmi Christian Settipani William Smith (lexicographer) Boston
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