Armenia

There are 206 items in Armenia:

Arsaces

Arsaces: king of Armenia (r. 34-36 CE), first ruler from the Arsacid dynasty.After the reign of Artaxias III Zeno, a Pontic prince who had been made king of Armenia in 18 CE by the Roman prince Germanicus, the Parthian king…

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Arsacids of Armenia

Arsacids of Armenia: name of a dynasty of kings, ruling in Armenia since the mid-first century. It was a branch of the Arsacid dynasty in the Parthian Empire.According to a treaty, concluded in 20 BCE between the Roman ruler Augustus…

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Arsames of Armenia

Arsames (Greek:᾽Αρσάμης): Orontid king in Armenia (r. c.240 BCE)King Arsames, who ruled (part of) Armenia, is known from the inscriptions, found on Nemrud Dagi, in which king Antiochus I Theos of Commagene mentions his ancestors. Arsames must be dated in the…

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Artavasdes

Artavasdes: pro-Roman, Artaxiad ruler in Armenia (c. 1 CE).In 34 BCE, the Roman general Mark Antony captured the Armenian king Artavasdes II, who was later executed. Some of his relatives were living in Rome. One of these was a man prince named Artavasdes,…

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Artavasdes I

Artavasdes I: king of Armenia (r. c.161-120 BCE) from the Artaxiad dynasty.Artavasdes is the second known king from the Artaxiad dynasty of Armenia. He appears to have been the son of Artaxias I and may have been the father of…

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Artavasdes II

Artavasdes II: king of Armenia (r. after 55-34 BCE) from the Artaxiad dynasty.King Tigranes II the Great of Armenia (r.c.95-c.55) and his ally Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus had been humiliated by the Romans and his son and successor Artavasdes II…

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Artavasdes III

Artavasdes III: king of Armenia (r. 4-6 CE).In the year 4 CE, the pro-Roman king Ariobarzanes of Armenia, who was not from Armenia but from Media Atropatene, died in an accident.note[Tacitus, Annals 2.4.] He was succeeded by his son Artavasdes III,note[Augustus,…

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Artaxata

Artaxata or Artaxiasata (Greek Ἀρτάξατα or ᾽Αρταξιάσατα): Hellenistic capital of Armenia (modern Khor Virap).Foundation Khor Virap and the so-called Ararat Artaxata was founded in 188 BCE…

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