• kings. The earliest Tigranes and his son are usually not included, making Tigranes I the father of Tigranes the Great. Another Tigranes was a member of the...
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    Tigranes II, more commonly known as Tigranes the Great (Tigran Mets in Armenian; 140–55 BC), was a king of Armenia. A member of the Artaxiad dynasty, he...
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    and Sophene, something completed by his grandson Tigranes the Great. At its peak, under Tigranes the Great, it incorporated, besides Armenia Major,...
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    has been proposed that Tigranes I reigned from 123 BC to 96 BC, this view has been criticized. Another suggestion is that Tigranes I ruled in 120 BC - 95...
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  • Tigrane may refer to: Tigranes the Great (140 – 55 BC) King of Armenia Tigrane, opera by Antonio Maria Bononcini 1710 Tigrane (Scarlatti), 1715 opera...
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    hyparch Tigranes, while in the latter he was further altered, becoming an Armenian hero, who was the embodiment of the Armenian king Tigranes the Great...
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    The military campaigns of Tigranes the Great constituted offensives by Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia, against client kingdoms of the Roman and Parthian...
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    Tigranes VI, also known as Tigran VI or by his Roman name Gaius Julius Tigranes (Greek: Γαίος Ιούλιος Τιγράνης, before 25 – after 68) was a Herodian prince...
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    king of Armenia from 8 BC until 5 BC and 2 BC until 1 AD. Tigranes IV was the son born to Tigranes III by a mother whose name is unknown. His known sibling...
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    related to the Artaxiad dynasty. Tigranes was named in honour of his mother's Armenian and Hellenic lineage. The name Tigranes was the most common royal name...
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    client king of Armenia. Tigranes III was the second son born to Artavasdes II of Armenia by a mother whose name is unknown. Tigranes III had an elder brother...
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    Tigranes the Younger was an Artaxiad prince, who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Sophene in 65 BC. Tigranes the Younger was the son and heir of the Artaxiad...
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    10 BC. Erato's father, Tigranes III, died before 6 BC. In 8 BC, the Armenians installed Tigranes IV as successor of Tigranes III. In accordance with...
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    capital of the Armenian Kingdom between 77 and 69 BCE. It bore the name of Tigranes the Great, who founded the city in the first century BC. There is so far...
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    found a troupe of Greek actors who had arrived to perform plays for Tigranes. Tigranes' successor Artavasdes II even composed Greek tragedies himself. Nevertheless...
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  • role in the life of Tigranes and all of Armenia. Cleopatra bore Tigranes four sons: Zariadres, Artavasdes II of Armenia, Tigranes and an other, and three...
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    Tigrane Kazazian (Armenian: Տիգրան Կազազյան; born April 9, 1987) is a French-Armenian composer, oud player and multi-instrumentalist. He plays avant-garde...
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    Lucullus marched against Tigranes and crossed the Anti-Taurus range heading for the old Armenian capital Artaxata. Once again, Tigranes was provoked to attack...
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    Artavasdes II of Armenia, thus a brother of Artaxias II and Tigranes III and an uncle of Tigranes IV. Augustus had commanded the enthronement of Artavasdes...
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    Parthians. In 65 BC, Phraates III and his new son-in-law Tigranes the Younger (who was Tigranes the Elder's son) led an expedition into Armenia. Initially...
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    BC, son of Artaxias I Tigranes I, c. 120–c. 95 BC, son of Artavasdes I Tigranes II "the Great", 96/95–56/55 BC, son of Tigranes I Artavasdes II, 56–34/30...
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    Artaxata. The siege was organized by the Tigranes the Younger and Phraates III. In 66 BC Tigranes, son Tigranes the Younger, rebelled and, when defeated...
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    led by King Tigranes the Great. The Roman force, led by Consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus, defeated Tigranes, and as a result, captured Tigranes' capital city...
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  • La Virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio overo Il Tigrane (RV 740) is a 1724 opera for the carnival season in Rome. It was a joint composition by Benedetto...
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    Tigranocerta, the new capital of Tigranes's empire. Tigranes retreated to gather his forces. Lucullus laid siege to the city, and Tigranes returned with his army...
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    that this particular Tigranakert may have been founded by Tigranes the Great's father, Tigranes I (r. ca. 123–95 B.C.). It occupies an area of about 50...
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    towards Artaxata, the Kingdom's old capital, to force Tigranes into fighting a pitched battle. Tigranes, on Mithridates' advice, had been avoiding a battle...
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    Artaxias I Artavasdes I Tigranes I Tigranes II Artavasdes II Artaxias II Tigranes III Tigranes IV & Erato Artavades III Tigranes IV & Erato Non-dynastic...
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    Tiran (c. 300/305 – 358 AD) known also as Tigranes VII, Tigranes or Diran was an Armenian prince who served as a Roman client king of Arsacid Armenia from...
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    were thereafter reduced to a rump state in Syria, until their conquest by Tigranes the Great of Armenia in 83 BC, and ultimate overthrow by the Roman general...
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