Their three sons, all Spanish dynasts until their marriages, were each granted dukedoms. Gaius Julius Severus, who was a descendant of several Hellenistic dynasts and client kings. That act angered other dynasts and groups in monarchist circles. The Arsacid dynasts laid claim to descent from Artaxerxes II. Moreover, the Bourbons had difficulty producing surviving male dynasts in quantity until the mid-17th century. Similarly Lycia remained under petty local dynasts, with allegiance to Persia. They are dynasts, that is potential successors to the throne. Thomas Hardy sets scenes in his "The Dynasts" in the Gardens. The Napoleonic War is the subject of "The Dynasts". The pillar tombs appear to be reserved for leading dynasts. After his death, he was followed by a succession of short-lived petty dynasts. His only answer was to advise the dynasts to be ready for war. The persons in line to succeed to the throne are called "dynasts". Female dynasts are titled princess ("prinsessa"). The Abgarid dynasts spoke "a form of Aramaic".