Reign 212 - 200 BC Died 200 BC, Sophene Father Xerxes Successor Zariadres Name Abdissares Abdissares | Predecessor Xerxes House Orontid Dynasty Coronation 212 BC Parents Xerxes of Armenia | |
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Grandparents Arsames I, Arsames II Great-grandparents Sames of Commagene | ||
Abdissares ruled the kingdom of Sophene after the assassination of his father, Xerxes in 212 BC.
There are no known western sources for this king, only numismatic. His coins are almost similar to those of his father.
His name seems to include the Aramaic prefix "Abd" which means slave. Aramaic was widely used in that region, and yet why would he have such a name, compared to his Armenian father Xerxes or brother Orontes IV? This may have seem as a slur by the local Aramaic people, yet it is borne on his coins.
"Ssares" sounds like Zareh (known in Greek sources as Zariadres), and it was Zareh who overthrew Abdissares in 200 BC.
These coups were the workings of king Antiochus III which also saw Zareh's son Artaxias (Artaxerxes) overthrow Orontes IV to become King of Armenia.