Kamnaskires III
{{Short description|King of the Elymais from 82/81 BC to 75 BC}}
{{Infobox monarch
|name = Kamnaskires III
|title =
|image = Coin of the Elymais king Kamnaskires III with his queen Anzaze.jpg
|image_size = 300px
|caption = Coin of Kamnaskires III with his queen Anzaze
|succession = King of Elymais
|reign = 82/1–75 BC
|coronation =
|full name =
|predecessor = Parthian rule
|successor = Kamnaskires IV
|regent = Anzaze
|reg-type = Co-ruler
|issue =
|dynasty = Kamnaskirid
|father =
|spouse = Anzaze
|death_date = 75 BC
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Kamnaskires III (also spelled Kammashkiri III) was the Kamnaskirid king of Elymais from 82/1 BC to 75 BC.{{sfn|Kia|2016|p=334}} Elymais had since 124 BC been under complete Parthian control.{{sfn|Shayegan|2011|p=325}} However, in 81/80 BC, coins of king Kamnaskires III and his wife Anzaze appears, which indicates that the kingdom had been restored.{{sfn|Shayegan|2011|pp=324–325}} According to Babylonian sources, the incumbent Parthian monarch Orodes I ({{reign|80|75|era=BC}}) launched an expedition into Elymais in 78 BC, where he defeated Kamnaskires III.{{sfn|Shayegan|2011|p=325}} Kamnaskires III was not deposed, however, and continued ruling the kingdom now as a Parthian vassal.{{sfn|Shayegan|2011|p=325}} Kamnaskires III's successor is unknown, however, it is known that Kamnaskires IV ruled Elymais from 62/1 BCE.{{sfn|Hansman|1998|pp=373–376}}{{sfn|Kia|2016|p=334}}{{sfn|Rezakhani|2013|p=773}}
References
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- G. J. P. McEwan: A Parthian Campaign against Elymais in 77 B.C., in: Iran, 24 (1986), pp. 91-94
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- {{cite book |last1=Rezakhani |first1=Khodadad |author-link1=Khodadad Rezakhani|editor-last=Potts|editor-first=Daniel T.|editor-link=Daniel T. Potts|title=The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran |date=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0199733309 |chapter=Arsacid, Elymaean, and Persid Coinage}}
- {{cite book | title = Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia | year = 2011 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | last = Shayegan | first = M. Rahim |author-link=M. Rahim Shayegan| pages = 1–539 | isbn = 9780521766418 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=f_gcyC8l80MC }}
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{{s-bef|before=Parthian rule}}
{{s-ttl|title=King of Elymais|years= 82/1–75 BC}}
{{s-aft|after=Kamnaskires IV}}
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Category:1st-century BC monarchs in Asia