 Armenia had been without a king since Bahram's brother Shapur IV had vacated the country in 418.Bahram now desired that a descendant of the royal line of kings, a scion of the Arsacids, should be on the throne of Armenia.With this intention in mind, he selected an Arsacid named Artaxias IV (Artashir IV), a son of Vramshapuh, and made him king of Armenia.