Artavasdes
Artavasdes is the Hellenized form of the Iranian name Artavazhda. Variant renderings in Greek include Artabazos, Artabazes, Artabazanes and Artabasdos, and in Armenian Artavazd. People with this name include:
Persian Satraps
- Artabazos I of Phrygia (flourished 5th century BC)
- Artabazos II of Phrygia (flourished 4th century BC)
- Artabazos of Lydia (flourished 4th century BC)
Monarchs of Media Atropatene & Armenia
- Artabazanes (flourished 3rd century BC), King of Media Atropatene
- Artavasdes I of Armenia (died 115 BC), King of Armenia
- Artavasdes II of Armenia (died 31 BC), King of Armenia 53 BC to 34 BC
- Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene (flourished 1st century BC), King of Media Atropatene and Sophene
- Artavasdes III, King of Media Atropatene and Armenia from 4 to 6, he is also known as Artavasdes II of Media Atropatene
- Gaius Julius Artavasdes (flourished 1st century), son of Artavasdes III
- Artavasdes IV, King of Armenia from 252 until 287
Others
- Artabazos I of Characene, a King who flourished late 40s BC
- Artabasdos, Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople who died in 743
- Ardabast (Artavasdes), son of Wittiza, Visigothic King of Hispania
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