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Arsaces II (Arsace)

ARSAK II (ARSACE)

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Also known as: Arsaces II of Armenia, Arshak II

ARSACES II (Arsace). - King of Armenia (350-67), he lived in the most critical times, when the predominance over Asia Minor was disputed between the Persians and the Romans, whose side he took. He forced Narses (Ciunak), his chamberlain, to ascend the patriarchal see. He later attempted to bring about the union of the nation by ridding himself of the feudal magnates, who were often rebellious, but he ended up rousing against himself the princes and the patriarch himself, who was deposed by him. After the pact of Jovian, A., abandoned by everyone, had to go to Shapur II, who, despite the oaths he had sworn, shut him up in a castle where he died tragically.

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BIBL.: M. Lauer, Des Faustus von Byzanz Geschichte Armeniens, Cologne 1879; E. Muratcan, Storia criticae di A. II, Alexandria 1900 (in Armenian); Faustus of Byzantium, Storia Armena, IV, Venice 1933.

Giacomo Ciantian

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 24–25.

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Ciantaian, Giacomo. “Arsak II (Arsace).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 24–25. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/arsak-ii-arsace.

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Ciantaian, Giacomo. “Arsak II (Arsace).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 24–25. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/arsak-ii-arsace.

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@incollection{ec2_arsak_ii_arsace,
  author    = {Ciantaian, Giacomo},
  title     = {Arsak II (Arsace)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {24--25},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/arsak-ii-arsace}
}

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