Artaxias (also called Artaxes or Artashes) may refer to:

Kings and monarchs of Armenia

  • Artaxiad dynasty (190 BC–12 AD) eponymously named after its founder Artaxias or Artashes
  • Artaxias I, reigned 190–159 BC, founder of the Artaxiad dynasty
  • Artaxias II, reigned 34–20 BC
  • Artaxias III, reigned 18–35; no relation to the Artaxiad dynasty
  • Artaxias IV, reigned 422–428, last king of the Arsacid dynasty; no relation to the Artaxiads

Kings of Iberia

  • Artaxias I of Iberia (died 78 BC)
  • Arshak II of Iberia (died 1), also known as Artaxias II of Iberia

Modern people

  • Artashes Avoyan (born 1972), Armenian lawyer
  • Artashes Arakelian (1909–1993), economist and member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences
  • Artashes Babalian (1886–1959), Armenian doctor and politician
  • Artashes Baghdasaryan (born 1984), Armenian football defender
  • Artashes Geghamyan (born 1949), Armenian politician
  • Ardashes Harutunian (1873–1915), Armenian poet and translator
  • Artashes Kalaydzhan (born 1971), Russian Armenian footballer
  • Arthur Meschian, (born 1949), Armenian rock musician, artist, and architect
  • Artashes Minasian (born 1967), Armenian chess Grandmaster
  • Artashes Shahinyan, founder of the PhysMath School after A. Shaninyan (Yerevan)

Places

  • Artashat (ancient city), also known as Artaxata, a city in Armenia
  • Hartashen, Syunik, also known as Artashe, a rural community in Armenia

See also

  • Ardeshir (disambiguation)
  • Artaxerxes (disambiguation)
  • Asha