Tigranes III.

Tigranes III. was king of Armenia from 20 BC to 8 BC. He was the son of Artavasdes II and brother of Artaxias II

Tacitus reports that about 20 BC, the Armenians had expressed their displeasure in a message to the Roman Emperor Augustus, to further keep Artaxias II as king, and demanded instead his brother Tigranes III. (then in Roman custody in Alexandria, Egypt) use. Augustus agreed and sent a small army under the command of Tiberius to depose Artaxias II. Before they arrived, however, already been Artaxias II was assassinated by some of his other relatives, and the Romans Tigranes III enthroned. unchallenged. His successors were his son Tigranes IV and his half- sister Erato.