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Vonones II
Coin of Vonones II
"King of Media Atropatene" "King of kings of Iran"
Reign	11– 51 AD (as King of Media Atropatene) 51 AD (As ruler of Parthian Empire)
Predecessor	Gotarzes II
Successor	Vologases I
Died	51 AD
Issue	Vologases I Pacorus II Osroes I Tiridates I of Armenia Mithridates IV
Dynasty	Arsacid dynasty
Father	Darius II of Media Atropatene
Mother	Unnamed Parthian princess
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Vonones II of Parthia (Persian: ونن دوم‎, Greek: Ονωνης,10 BC – 51 AD^[1]) was a Parthian prince who served as a King of Media Atropatene and briefly as King of the Parthian Empire.

Vonones II was the second born son of an unnamed Arsacid Parthian princess,^[2] related to Vonones I of Parthia, and her husband, Darius II of Media Atropatene.^[3][4][5] His known grandparents, on his father's side, were Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene and his wife, Athenais.^[6][7] Vonones II's elder brother was the Parthian King Artabanus III.^[8] Vonones II was the namesake of his maternal relative Vonones I, as he was born and raised in the Parthian Empire.

From about 11 until 51, Vonones II served as a King of Media Atropatene,^[9][10] a period about which little is known.

After the death of his nephew Gotarzes II,^[11] Vonones II was raised to the Parthian Kingship in 51. However, he died a few months into his reign, and was succeeded by his son, Vologases I. Tacitus wrote that Vonones II “knew neither success nor failure which have deserved to be remembered to him. It was a short and inglorious reign”.^[12]

From a Greek concubine,^[13] Vonones II had 5 sons who held the thrones of Parthia and Armenia: Pacorus II, Vologases I, Osroes I, Tiridates I and Mithridates IV. His sons were born and raised during his Kingship of Media Atropatene.

References

Sources

• 
  Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, xx, 3, 4.


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  Tacitus, Annals
  


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   Meyer, Eduard (1911). "Vonones s.v. Vonones II.". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 211..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
  


• M. Bunson, A Dictionary of the Roman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1995


• S. Baldwin, Comments on "Iberian route" DFA line, web, 1996


• W. Woodthorpe Tarn, The Greeks in Bactria and India, Cambridge University Press, 2010

External links

• Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Descendant Lines


• Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena