Artashat (Armenian: Արտաշատ), Hellenized as Artaxata (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτάξατα) and Artaxiasata (Ἀρταξιάσατα), was a major city and commercial center of...

The Battle of Artaxata was fought near the Arsanias River in 68 BC between an army of the Roman Republic and the army of the Kingdom of Armenia. The Romans...

opportunity to intervene. His forces quickly seized the two capitals of Armenia, Artaxata and Tigranocerta, and put his younger brother Tiridates on the throne....

and his legions advanced on Tiridates and captured the Armenian capital Artaxata. Tigranes was chosen to replace Tiridates on the Armenian throne. When...

years. Marcus Statius Priscus re-conquers Armenia; the capital city of Artaxata is ruined. Cui Yan (or Jigui), Chinese official and politician (d. 216)...

proconsuls not to give the group any official reception. The Armenian capital Artaxata was captured in 163. At the end of the year, Lucius took the title Armeniacus...

toponyms which bear this suffix: Yervandashat (Eruandashat) Artashat (Artaxata) Ashtishat Schmitt, R.; Bailey, H. W. (2011) [1986]. "ARMENIA AND IRAN...

the expense of neighboring tribes and founded the new royal capital of Artaxata near the Araxes River. According to Strabo and Plutarch, Hannibal received...

situated north of the previous ancient capital of Armenia, the city of Artaxata, along the banks of the Metsamor River, 35 km to the south of modern Yerevan...

Artavasdes I and Tigranes the Great. Thus, with the dominance of cities such as Artaxata and Tigranocerta, Erebuni significantly lost its importance as a central...

An AD 116 inscription of the Legio IV Scythica found near the Armenian capital Artaxata mentioning Trajan....

his kingdom to gather another army and defend his hereditary capital of Artaxata. Meanwhile, Lucullus moved off south-eastwards to the kingdom of the Kurds...

the command of Lucullus, and a year later he met another major defeat at Artaxata, the old Armenian capital. The recall of Lucullus gave Tigranes a brief...

shepherds "in a quiet backwater", who bandaged her wounds and took her to Artaxata, whence she travelled on to meet Tiridates. Preparatory drawings for the...

and certain other countries, and the latter as king of the country round Artaxata), and jointly enlarged their kingdoms by cutting off for themselves parts...

founded a new capital in the central valley of the Araxes River called Artaxata (Artashat), which quickly grew into a major urban and commercial center...

former capitals of Armenia are located in the modern-day Ararat Province, Artaxata and Dvin. It is also home to the Khor Virap monastery, significant as the...

country of Armenia, against the fortress at Volandum, to the southwest of Artaxata. After a siege of eight hours Corbulo takes the city; the legionnaires...

Sarmatians and Alanian mercenaries. A Roman garrison installed in Garni near Artaxata secured Mithridates' ruler over Armenia, Although Emperor Caligula had...

Lesser Armenia, whence he advanced into Armenia and took the direction of Artaxata... Trajan was resolved to make this vassal-state a province, and a shift...

121 3 Yervandashat Orontid dynasty and Artaxiad dynasty 210–176 BC 34 4 Artaxata (Artashat) Artaxiad dynasty 177–76 BC and 69 BC–120 AD 99 and 189 5 Tigranocerta...

expedition under Avidius Cassius is successful against Parthia, capturing Artaxata, Seleucia on the Tigris, and Ctesiphon. The Parthians sue for peace. Antonine...

Bulgaria 106 AD Durostorum Silistra Bulgaria earliest preserved mention of the city from 106 AD Pautalia Kyustendil Bulgaria 117 AD Artaxata Artashat Armenia...

0 mi) south of Artashat, Ararat Province, within the territory of ancient Artaxata. The monastery was host to a theological seminary and was the residence...

cross-border trading posts between the two empires, along with Nisibis and Artaxata. The town was near the site of a battle in 531 between Romans and Sasanians...

October 6 – Lucius Lucullus defeats Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Artaxata. Gaius Antonius Hybrida elected praetor. Tribune of the plebs Gaius Antius...

attacked Tiridates, King of Armenia and brother of Vologases I of Parthia. Artaxata and Tigranocerta were captured by his legions (III Gallica, VI Ferrata...

Glory of arta" Artasyras (Greek), from *Artasura, "powerful through arta" Artaxata, Artaxiasata (Greek, Armenian Artashat), meaning "joy of arta". Artaxias...

Hannibal planned and supervised the building of the new royal capital Artaxata. Suspicious that Antiochus was prepared to surrender him to the Romans...

named Olana, or Olane, situated on a hillside near the Araxes River in Artaxata, a city in modern-day Armenia, close to the eastern border of Turkey and...