regent, Lysias. The reign of Orophernes was short-lived. The Romans restored Ariarathes V. The information we have about Orophernes comes from Justin, Diodorus...

Cappadocia (/kæpəˈdoʊʃəˌ -ˈdoʊkiə/; Turkish: Kapadokya, Greek: Καππαδοκία) is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It is largely in the provinces...

kings of Cappadocia, an ancient region in central Anatolia. Ariarathes I, 331–322 BC The hitherto satrap, Ariarathes I managed to keep control of most...

of Demetrius I Soter, the latter made war upon Ariarathes, and brought forward Orophernes of Cappadocia, his brother and one of the supposed sons of the...

a Roman client prince and the last king of Cappadocia. He was also husband of Pythodorida, Queen regnant of Pontus. Archelaus was a Cappadocian Greek...

has fled to Rome, the new king of Cappadocia, Orophernes, sends two ambassadors to Rome to join the Seleucid emissaries of Demetrius in opposing Ariarathes...

Kingdom of Pontus reached its largest extent under Mithridates VI the Great, who conquered Colchis, Cappadocia, Bithynia, the Greek colonies of the Tauric...

was the last Achaemenid Persian governor (satrap) of the province (satrapy) of Northern Cappadocia, serving from the 340s BC to 331 BC. He led defensive...

Ariaráthēs Eusebḗs), was the king of Cappadocia in 220–163 BC. Ariarathes IV was the son of the king of Cappadocia Ariarathes III and his Macedonian Greek...

of Cappadocia in marriage, which Ariarathes V declined. In 158 BC, there was civil war in Cappadocia between Ariarathes V and his brother, Orophernes...