Artabānus

, son of Hystaspes, was brother to Darius  I. He di uaded his nephew Xerxes from making war against the Greeks, and at his return, he a a inated him with the hopes of ascending the throne. Darius the son of Xerxes was murdered in a similar manner; and Artaxerxes his brother would have shared the same fate, had not he discovered the snares of the a a in, and punished him with death. Diodorus , bk. 11 .— Justin , bk. 3 , ch. 1 , . — Hero dot us , bk. 4 , ch. 38 ; bk. 7 , ch. 10 , . ――A king of Parthia, after the death of his nephew Phraates  II. He undertook a war against a nation of Scythia, in which he perished. His son Mithridates succeeded him, and merited the appellation of Great. Justin , bk. 42 , ch. 2 .――A king of Media, and afterwards of Parthia, after the expulsion of Vonones, whom Tiberius had made king there. He invaded Armenia, from whence he was driven away by one of the generals of Tiberius. He was expelled from his throne, which Tiridates usurped; and some time after he was restored again to his ancient power, and died A.D. 48. Tacitus , Annals , bk. 5 , . ――A king of Parthia, very inimical to the interest of Vespas i an.――Another king of Parthia, who made war against the emperor Car a call a, who had attempted his life on pretence of courting his daughter. He was murdered, and the power of Parthia abolished, and the crown transferred to the Persian monarchs. Dio Ca ius. — Herodian.