Armenia
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Mithridates
Mithridates: Iberian king in Armenia (r. 36-51 CE), member of the Artaxiad dynasty.The Mithridates who became king of Armenia in 36 CE, was a younger son of another Mithridates, who had been king of the West-Caucasian kingdom of Iberia (modern Georgia) during the…Moses of Chorene
Moses of Chorene: author of an influential History of Armenia. Manuscript of the "History of the Armenians" by Moses of Chorene In…
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Orontes II of Armenia
Orontes II (Greek: ᾽Ορόντης, ᾽Ορόντας, or ᾽Αροάνδης): satrap of Armenia (c.330 - c.315 BCE). Achaemenid rhyton from the palace at Erebuni Although Orontes II is not…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…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…Sanatruces
Sanatruces: rebel king in Armenia (r. 115 CE), perhaps from the Arsacid dynasty.In 114 CE, war broke out between the Parthian and the Roman empires. The Roman emperor Trajan successfully conquered Armenia, occupied Edessa and Nisibis in the next year, and added Babylon,…