Armenia
There are 206 items in Armenia:
Orontes III of Armenia
Orontes III or Ardoates: Orontid king of Armenia (c.280 BCE).The origins of Armenian independence are poorly understood, but it seems that when Alexander the Great sent an army, commanded by Mithrenes, to gain control of Armenia (331 BCE),note[Arrian, Anabasis 3.16.5.] the satrap appointed…Orontes IV of Armenia
Orontes IV: Orontid king of Armenia (c.220-c.200 BCE).In the section of the Geography that is devoted to Armenia, the Graeco-Roman geographer Strabo of Amasia offers a very brief history of this country. It had once been part of the Persian Empire, had…Orontids
Orontids: modern name of the rulers in Armenia between c.330 and c.200 BCE. The land of the Araxes After the conquests of…Pacorus
Pacorus: little-known king of Armenia (r. c.150 - 162 CE), probably from the Arsacid dynasty.To us, king of Pacorus of Armenia is merely a name. According to the Historia Augusta, the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (r.138-161), appointed this Pacorus king of the Lazi,…Parthamasiris
Parthamasiris: king of Armenia (r. 113-114 CE) from the Arsacid dynasty.In c.110 CE, the Parthian king Osroes I intervened in Armenia, where his nephew Axidares (a son of Osroes' brother and Pacorus II) was king. Osroes replaced Axidares with Parthamasiris, another…
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Armenians |
Plaque of Argište II |
Rhadamistus
Rhadamistus: Iberian king in Armenia (r. 51 CE), member of the Artaxiad dynasty.Two brothers were in charge of Iberia (modern Georgia) and Armenia: Pharasmanes and Mithridates. Rhadamistus was the son of Pharasmanes and wanted to become king of Iberia, but his father lived…Salmas
Salmas: town in northwestern Iran, site of a Sasanian rock relief. The Sasanian rock relief at Salmas About eight kilometers southeast of…
Salmas, Rock relief |
Salmas, Rock relief, Defeated king, Captured |
Salmas, Rock relief, Defeated king, Portrait |