History

There are 2848 items in History:

Tigranes VI

Tigranes VI "the Cappadocian": pro-Roman king of Armenia (r. 59-62 CE).Crisis Artaxata In 52, the Parthian king Vologases invaded Armenia, occupied its capitals Artaxata…

Click to continue reading

Tigranocerta

Tigranocerta (Greek: Τιγρανόκερτα): fortress and town in the northeast of Armenia. (To distinguish the site from the more famous Tigranocerta on the bank of the Nymphius, it is also called Tigranokert in Artsakh.) …

Click to continue reading

Timarchus

Timarchus: name of pretender who was briefly king in the eastern part of the Seleucid Empire(r.163-160).Relatives Father: Heraclides Main deeds Page at the court of king Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Ambassador of Antiochus IV Epiphanes to Rome. Strategos responsible for the eastern part of the Seleucid…

Click to continue reading

Tipasa

Tipasa: Phoenician colony, Numidian city, Roman port and city.Tipasa Tipasa, Achilles mosaic (detail) Phoenician colony, but no remains Numidian port; production of garum 40 CE:…

Click to continue reading

Tiridates I

Titidates I: Arsacid rebel king in the Parthian Empire (r.29?-27). Tiridates I In 34 and 33 BCE, the Roman commander Mark Antony attacked…

Click to continue reading

Tiridates I

Tiridates I: king of Armenia (r. 51-59 and 63-c.80 CE), first effective ruler from the Arsacid dynasty.The situation in Armenia Inscription by…

Click to continue reading

Tiridates II

Tiridates II: king of Armenia (r. 217-c.252 CE) from the Arsacid dynasty.Tiridates II is mentioned as king of Armenia by the Greco-Roman historian Cassius Dio in his account of the reign of the Roman emperor Macrinus (r.217-218). He had come…

Click to continue reading

Tiridates III

Tiridates III: king of Armenia (r. 298-330 CE) from the Arsacid dynasty, first Armenian king to allow the Christian worship.In c.252, the Sasanian king Shapur I of Persia conquered Armenia. Its king Tiridates II left the country and his children…

Click to continue reading

Tissaphernes

Tissaphernes (c.445-395): Persian nobleman, satrap of Lydia.Early Career The citadel of Sardes, seen from the west Tissaphernes belonged to one of the…

Click to continue reading

Titus

Titus: emperor of the Roman world (r. 79-81). Titus Names: 30 December 39: Titus Flavius Vespasianus July 69: Titus Caesar Vespasianus 2 September 70: Imperator…

Click to continue reading

Tlos

Tlos (Greek Τλῶς): town in Lycia, modern Döğer in the valley of the Xanthos river. Acropolis (with Ottoman fort) The site of…

Click to continue reading