1. Vologases IV was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 147 to 191.
14 Facts About Vologases IV
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The war ended soon afterward, with Vologases IV losing most of northern Mesopotamia to the Romans.
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Vologases IV is the Greek and Latin form of the Parthian Walagas.
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Vologases IV was a son of Mithridates V, who had contended against the ruling Parthian monarch Vologases III for the throne from 129 to 140.
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Vologases IV staged a coup d'etat and succeeded Vologases III in 147, marking the establishment of a new branch of the Arsacid dynasty on the Parthian throne.
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Vologases IV's forces seized a statue of Heracles, the patron god of the Characenian royalty.
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When Marcus Aurelius became the new Roman emperor in 161, Vologases IV unexpectedly declared war against the Romans, marking the only time in a Roman-Parthian conflict where the Parthians declared war.
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Vologases IV invaded Armenia and replaced its Roman client king Sohaemus with his own son Pacorus.
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Confident, Vologases IV declined an offer for peace by the Romans in 162.
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The war ended soon afterward, with Vologases IV losing most of northern Mesopotamia to the Romans.
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However, due to its now higher strategic importance, Vologases IV elevated the titulature of the ruling Hatran family to that of king, and allowed them certain ceremonies and traditional ritual oaths.
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The end of Vologases IV's reign was marred by the revolt of Osroes II in 190, who minted coins of himself at Ecbatana in Media.
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Vologases IV is wearing a neck flap covering both of his ears.
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Vologases IV is the first Parthian monarch to only wear a tiara on his coins.