Reign 321 - 260 BC Issue Sames Parents Mithrenes Grandparents Orontes II Successor Sames Died 260 BC Grandchildren Arsames I | Predecessor Mithrenes Name Orontes III Children Sames of Commagene Coronation 321 BC Father Mithrenes House Orontid Dynasty | |
Great grandchildren Xerxes of Armenia, Mithrenes II, Orontes IV | ||
Orontes III (Armenian: Երուանդ Գ, Yervand III) was King of Armenia. In his reign he struggled for control of the Kingdom of Sophene with king Antiochus II Theos until being defeated in 272 BC and was forced to pay a large tribute which included 300 talents of silver and 1,000 horses and mules. Orontes III was subsequently murdered in 260 BC, whether at the instigation of King Antiochus II is not recorded. His son, Sames, continued to rule in Sophene.
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