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'''Artabanes''' ({{lang-el|{{lang|grc|Ἀρταβάνης}}}}, [[Old Armenian|Armenian]]: {{lang|xcl|[[wikt:Արտաւան|Արտաւան]]}} ''Artawan'', from [[Parthian language|Parthian]] ''Artawân'', ''[[floruit|fl.]]'' 538–554) was an [[Byzantine Empire|East Roman (Byzantine)]] general of [[Armenians|Armenian]] origin who served under [[Justinian I]] (r. 527–565). Initially a rebel against Byzantine authority, he fled to the [[Sassanid Persia]]ns but soon returned to Byzantine allegiance. He served in [[Praetorian prefecture of Africa|Africa]], where he won great fame by killing the rebel general [[Guntarith|Guntharic]] and restoring the province to imperial allegiance. He became engaged to Justinian's niece [[Praejecta]], but did not marry her due to the opposition of the Empress [[Theodora (6th century)|Theodora]]. Recalled to [[Constantinople]], he became involved in a failed conspiracy against Justinian in 548/549, but wasn’t punished severely after its revelation. He was soon pardoned and sent to [[Italian peninsula|Italy]] to fight in the [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]], where he participated in the decisive Byzantine victory at [[Battle of Casilinum|victory at Casilinum]].