Armenian Empire Reaches Its Peak Under Tigranes the Great
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Emperors, Caesars, Khans
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Armenia, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Assyria
- Date: 95-69
Article abstract: Armenian king Tigranes the Great, by defeating war-weakened Parthia and the civil-strife-ridden Seleucid Empire, conquered the area from central Iran to the Mediterranean, bringing Armenia to its greatest expanse.
Summary of Event
Ancient Armenia extended farther to the south and west of modern Armenia, including substantial portions of what is now eastern Turkey and northern Syria and Iraq. Originally under the rule of native dynasties, most of Armenia passed under the rule of Alexander the Great’s general Seleucus I Nicator and his...
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