Artag (Artaces or Artoces in Greek and Roman sources) (d. 63 BC), from the Arsacid (Arshakunian) dynasty, was king of Caucasian Iberia in 81-63 BC. He was a son of Arshak I, Armenian prince who had been enthroned in Iberia in 93 BC. This close association with Armenia brought upon the country an invasion (65 BC) by the Roman general Pompey, who was then at war with Mithridates VI of Pontus, king of Pontus and Armenia. Alarmed by the Roman occupation of Caucasian Albania, … Wikipedia
