From the situation surrounding Tigranes IV and Erato, the Armenians requested to Augustus, a new Armenian King. Augustus found and appointed Ariobarzanes of Media Atropatene as the new King of Armenia in 2 BC. Ariobarzanes through his father was a distant relative of the Artaxiad Dynasty as he was a descendant of an unnamed Artaxiad Princess. She was a sister of King Artavasdes II of Armenia and married Ariobarzanes' paternal ancestor Mithridates, a previous ruling King of Media Atropatene. Mithridates I had a son Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene. Ariobarzanes I had a son Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene. Artavasdes I has that son Ariobarzanes the new king of Armenia.