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...

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...

received the news of Tigranes's death and ended the rebellion. Tigranes died in a snowstorm in around 95 BC. After his death, Tigranes II, who was given as...

BC. A member of the Artaxiad dynasty, he was the son and successor of Tigranes the Great (r. 95–55 BC), who ascended the throne of a still powerful and...

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...

(first reign), 54–58, son of the Parthian king Vonones II Tigranes VI, 51–61/62, nephew of Tigranes V Tiridates I (second reign), c. 61/66–c. 75/88 Sanatruk...

of Greek actors who had arrived to perform plays for Tigranes. Tigranes' successor Artavasdes II even composed Greek tragedies himself. Nevertheless,...

The military campaigns of Tigranes the Great constituted offensives by Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia, against client kingdoms of the Roman and Parthian...

previous ruling Armenian King Tigranes the Great, also known as Tigranes II. The Roman Triumvir Mark Antony had captured Artavasdes II with his family, in which...

Tigranes II of Armenia took Antioch, while Aretas III of Nabataea took Damascus. Cleopatra Selene controlled several coastal towns until Tigranes II besieged...

Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon. After its expansion under the leadership of Tigranes II, it confronted the Republic of Rome. Although it briefly lost its independence...

towards Artaxata, the Kingdom's old capital, to force Tigranes into fighting a pitched battle. Tigranes, on Mithridates' advice, had been avoiding a battle...

and Sophene, something completed by his grandson Tigranes the Great. At its peak, under Tigranes the Great, it incorporated, besides Armenia Major,...

requesting him to remove Artaxias II from his throne and to install his brother, Tigranes III as his successor. By 20 BC, Tigranes III had lived in Rome for 10...

Lucullus marched against Tigranes and crossed the Anti-Taurus range heading for the old Armenian capital Artaxata. Once again, Tigranes was provoked to attack...

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...

when Tigranes II submitted to Rome as a client king, Tigranes the Younger was brought to Rome as a hostage. Phraates demanded Pompey return Tigranes the...

Commagene at all. Eusebius gave Tigranes a reign of seventeen years in Syria, thus, according to this account, Tigranes conquered the country in 86 BC...

Leo II or Leon II (occasionally numbered Leo III; Armenian: Լէոն Բ, Levon II; c. 1236 – 1289) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from...

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...

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...

Tigranes II's plans to attack Judea only during the reign of the Hasmonean queen Salome Alexandra, which began in 76 BC; it would be odd if Tigranes II...

October 6 – Roman Republic troops under Lucius Lucullus defeat the army of Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Tigranocerta, and capture Tigranocerta, capital...

Thoros II (Armenian: Թորոս Բ; died February 6, 1169), also known as Thoros the Great, was the sixth lord of Armenian Cilicia from the Rubenid dynasty from...

The alliance between Mithridates VI of Pontus and Tigranes II of Armenia is broken. Tigranes II is forced to surrender, by a payment of 6,000 talents...

wives, and discuss the threat presented by Mithridates VI of Pontus and Tigranes II of Armenia. Although these two powerful Eastern rulers would eventually...

Ruben II[citation needed] (Armenian: Ռուբեն Բ), also Roupen II or Rupen II,[citation needed] (c.1165–1170) was the seventh lord of Armenian Cilicia (1169–1170)...

Metellus and Quintus Marcius Rex. October 6 – Lucius Lucullus defeats Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Artaxata. Gaius Antonius Hybrida elected...

kept at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Italy (approximate date). Tigranes II of Armenia is placed on the Armenian throne by the Parthians in exchange...

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...