3. Son of Polemon, king of Pontus, was crowned king of Armenia by Germanicus at Artaxata, A. D. 18. From the name of the city where he was crowned, the name Artaxias was bestowed upon him. (Tac. Annal. 2.56.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890