Orontes II

Orontes II
19th-century imaginary illustration of Orontes II
Satrap of Armenia
Reign336–331 BC
PredecessorDarius III
SuccessorMithrenes (?)
Died331 BC
Gaugamela
IssueMithrenes (?)
DynastyOrontid dynasty
FatherOrontes I (?)
MotherRhodogune (?)
ReligionZoroastrianism

Orontes II (Old Persian: *Arvanta-) was a Persian noble living in the 4th century BC.[1] He is probably to be identified as the satrap of Armenia under Darius III, and may in fact have succeeded Darius in this position when Darius ascended the throne of Persia in 336 BC.[1]

  1. ^ a b Heckel 2006, p. 185.