that the Armenian king preceding Artaxias was Eruand (i.e., Orontes), who was defeated and killed in his war with Artaxias for the throne of Armenia. Also...
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Artaxias I, of the Artaxiad dynasty, was a king (mepe) of Iberia (modern-day Georgia) from 90 to 78 BC. He is known exclusively from the medieval Georgian...
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requested King Artaxias that Artavasdes's and Tigranes's roles be stripped from the army and instead be entrusted to Zariadres. Artaxias rejected the request...
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independence, with Artaxias becoming the first king of the Artaxiad dynasty of Armenia in 188 BC. Scholars believe that Artaxias and Zariadres were not...
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founder Artaxias or Artashes Artaxias I, reigned 190–159 BC, founder of the Artaxiad dynasty Artaxias II, reigned 34–20 BC Artaxias III, reigned 18–35; no relation...
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Artaxias III, also known as Zeno-Artaxias, (Greek: Άρταξίας, 13 BC–34 AD) was a Pontic prince and later a Roman Client King of Armenia. Artaxias birth...
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finding out, he convinced King Artaxias that Argam was plotting against him and planned to take over the kingdom. Artaxias granted Artavasdes Argam's second...
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Artaxias II was pro-Parthian and anti-Roman. With the support of Phraates IV, Artaxias II was successful in a military campaign against Artavasdes I of...
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meaning "the joy of Artaxias," as reflected in the alternative Greek form Artaxiasata. Artaxata was named after its founder, Artaxias I, just as the cities...
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was already in place, a legacy of the founder of the Artaxiad dynasty, Artaxias I, and subsequent kings. The mountains of Armenia, however, formed natural...
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was thus founded in the same year by Artaxias I alongside the Armenian kingdom of Sophene led by Zariadres. Artaxias seized Yervandashat, united the Armenian...
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his son, Artaxias. At the battle of Tasiri between Pharnajom and his nobles, the king is defeated and killed, and the crown given to Artaxias I of Iberia...
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treasures in the Armenian castles. His son Artaxias II was elected as successor. After a lost battle Artaxias II fled to the Parthian king. Finally Antony...
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died at the hands of his own army, in other words by betrayal from Artaxias I. Artaxias I was appointed as King of Armenia, by Antiochus. Orontes IV had a...
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the early Achaemenid period, was of paramount significance in Armenia. Artaxias I erected statues of Anahit, and promulgated orders to worship them. According...
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king P'arnajom murdered by his son-in-law, the Armenian Artaxiad prince Artaxias I of Iberia who usurped the crown of Iberia. Mirian was carried to Parthia...
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Yazdegerd I, later king of the Sasanian Empire (as Shapur IV) Artaxias IV, 422–428, son of Vramshapuh In 428, the Sasanian king Bahram V deposed Artaxias IV...
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by Artaxias I, but Hewsen writes that there is no evidence to support this claim. Utik remained a part of Armenia for some 500 years after Artaxias's conquest...
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Macedonian rule, the Kingdom of Greater Armenia was established in 190 BC by Artaxias I, founder of the Artaxiad dynasty. The Kingdom of Armenia rose to the peak...
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until 428. Artaxias IV was the last Arsacid king of Armenia and the last person to hold the crown of the ancient Armenian Kingdom. Artaxias IV was the...
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Ruben I, (Armenian: Ռուբեն Ա; 1025/1035[citation needed]–1095) was the first lord of Armenian Cilicia from c. 1081[citation needed] until his death. The...
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Plutarch, Hannibal also received hospitality at the Armenian royal court of Artaxias I. The authors add an apocryphal story of how Hannibal planned and supervised...
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Leo I (Armenian: Լևոն Ա), also Levon I or Leon I, (unknown[citation needed] – Constantinople, February 14, 1140[citation needed]) was the fifth lord of...
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retreat at Yong. Artaxias I, king of Armenia, is taken captive by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes when he attacks Armenia. Artaxias is forced to...
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preserved at the Historical museum in Beijing. Artavasdes I succeeds his father Artaxias I as king of Armenia. The Roman playwright Terence's play Adelphoe...
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agreement with Artabanus II to appoint Artaxias III the new King of Armenia and renounce their support of Vonones I. The Romans thus acknowledged Artabanus...
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conquered both Greater Armenia and Sophene, installing Armenian generals Artaxias I (Artashes) and Zariadres (Zareh) as governors-strategoi in the respective...
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forested character". David M. Lang connects Artsakh with the name of King Artaxias I of Armenia (190–159 BC), founder of the Artaxiad dynasty that ruled Greater...
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Treaty of Apamea in 188 BC—Zariadres over Sophene and Artaxias over Armenia. Zariadres and Artaxias then expanded their kingdoms. Zariadres conquered Acilisene...
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60 Confucian scholars debate over the state monopoly of Iron and Salt. Artaxias I (or Arshak), king of Iberia (Georgia) Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Roman...
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