Artavasdes II (Armenian: Արտավազդ Բ, r. 55–34 BC), son and successor of Tigranes the Great, ruled Armenia during the late Artaxiad dynasty’s decline amid Rome’s rise and Parthian resurgence. A…
Artaxias I (Ancient Greek: Άρταξίας; Armenian: Արտաշես Ա, r. 189–160 BC), founder of the Artaxiad dynasty, stands as the creator of unified Greater Armenia and its first true capital, Artaxata…
Orontes III (Old Persian: Arvanta;, reigned c. 321–260 BC), also known as Yervand III in Armenian tradition, ruled as king of Armenia during the turbulent Hellenistic transition from Achaemenid satrapy…
Tigranes (Armenian: Տիգրան, c. 6th century BC), the legendary prince and elder son of Armenia’s “king” during Cyrus the Great’s campaigns, emerges from ancient Greek historiography as a chivalrous companion…
Orontes I Sakavakyats (Armenian: Երվանդ Ա Սակավակյաց, c. 570–560 BC), also known as Yervand I or Ervand I, emerges from ancient Armenian legend as the foundational king of the Orontid…
The name of King Tiridates III in Armenian historical and cultural tradition is inseparably connected with Armenia’s adoption of Christianity in the year 301 and with the figure of its…