Arbaces
Arbăces, is, m., = Ἀρβάκης,
- the first king of Media, Vell. 1, 6; called by Just. 1, 3, Arbactus.
Arbăces, is et Arbactus, ī, m. , premier roi des Mèdes : Vell. 1, 6 ; Just. 1, 3, 2.
Arbāces
(Ἀρβάκης). The founder of the Median Empire, according to Ctesias. He is said to have taken Nineveh in conjunction with Belesis, the Babylonian, and to have destroyed the old Assyrian Empire under the reign of Sardanapalus, B.C. 876. See Sardanapalus.