[3] It is suggested that it held dynastic familial linkages to the ruling Achaemenid dynasty.

[4][5][a][b] Throughout their existence, the Orontids stressed their lineage from the Achaemenids to strengthen their political legitimacy.

[10] In 212 BC, Xerxes, King of Armenia revolted against the Seleucids but capitulated when besieged at his capital, Arsamasota, by Antiochus III.

[11] Despite the Hellenistic invasion of Persia, Persian and local Armenian culture remained the strongest element within society and the elites.

Orontes IV had surrounded himself by the Hellenized nobility and sponsored the establishment of a Greek school in Armavir, the capital of the Armenian kingdom.