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HyeEtch - The Armenians - History - Artashesian Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Artashes had the approval and acknowledgement of the Romans for, having defeated Antiochus at Magnesia in 190, they were interested in having the Armenian sovereign as an ally. |
 | | According to Strabo (XI, XIV, 15), it was during the reign of Artashes that Armenian became the common language throughout the country. |
 | | One of Artashes' most important accomplishments was the construction of the new capital, Artashat (Artaxata), not very far from the present capital of Armenia, Yerevan, which is to the south, at the entrance to the plainlands of the River Araxes, at a point where the watercourse forms a near peninsula. |
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