See also:

• OSROES (also OSDROES or CHOSROES)

OSROES (also OSDROES or See also:

• CHOSROES

CHOSROES)  , the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian name Khosrau (see See also:

• CHOSROES

CHOSROES) . The form See also:

• OSROES (also OSDROES or CHOSROES)

Osroes is generally used for a See also:

• PARTHIAN

Parthian See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king who from his coins appears to have reigned from about A.D . 1o6-I29, as successor of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• PACORUS

Pacorus . But during all this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time another king, See also:

• VOLOGAESES (Vologaesus, Vologases; on the coins Ologases; Armen. Valarsk; Mod. Pers. Balash)

Vologaeses II . (77–147) maintained himself in a See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom . Osroes occupied See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia, and placed Exedares, a son of Pacorus, and afterwards his brother Parthamasiris on the See also:

• THRONE

throne . This encroachment on the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere led to the Parthian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of See also:

• TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. D. 53-117)

Trajan . In 114 Parthamasiris surrendered to Trajan and was killed . In See also:

• MESOPOTAMIA (Mevoaora)

Mesopotamia a brother of Osroes, Meherdates (See also:

• MITHRADATES

Mithradates IV.), and his son See also:

• SANATRUCES (Sinatruces, Pers. Sanatruk)

Sanatruces II. took the diadem and tried to withstand the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . Against them Trajan See also:

• UNITED

united with Parthamaspates, whom he placed on the throne, when he had advanced to See also:

• CTESIPHON

Ctesiphon (116) . But after the See also:

• DEATH

death of Trajan (117) See also:

• HADRIAN (PUBLICS AELIUS HADRIANUS)

Hadrian acknowledged Osroes and made Parthamaspates king of See also:

• EDESSA
• EDESSA (mod. , Vodena)

Edessa (See also:

• OSROENE

Osroene); he also gave back to Osroes his daughter who had been taken prisoner by Trajan (Dio . See also:

• CASS, LEWIS (1782–1866)

Cass .

68, 17, 22 . 33; See also:

• MALALAS (or MALELAS) (Syriac for " orator "), JOHN (c. 491-578)

Malalas, p . 270 ff.; Spartian, Vita Hadr . 5 . 13; Pausan. v . 12, 6) . But meanwhile Vologaeses II. had regained a dominant position; his coins begin again in 122 and go on to 146, whereas after 121 we have no coins of Osroes except in 128 . By See also:

• PROCOPIUS

Procopius, Pers. i . 17, 24, the name of the territory of Osroene is derived from a dynast Osroes, but this is a false See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology (see OSROENE) . (ED .