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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 370 (v. 1)
		Artavasdes joined the Romans, as he wished to injure his namesake Artavasdes, king of Media, with whom he was at enmity.
		With the assistance of the Roman troops, Artavasdes was for a time enabled to carry on the war with success against the Parthians and Artaxias II., the exiled king of Armenia; but when Antony recalled his forces in order to oppose Octavianus, Artavasdes was defeated by Artaxias, and taken prisoner.
		Artavasdes, an adherent of the worship of images, profited from the discontent of the people against Constantine, and during a campaign of the emperor against the Arabs, prepared a revolt in Phrygia.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0379.html (1000 words)

	Artavasdes II of Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Artavasdes II King Artavasdes II (Armenian: Արտավազդ Երկրորդ) ruled Armenia from 53 to 34 BC.
		Artavasdes was an ally of Rome, but when Orodes II of Parthia invaded Armenia following his victory over the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, he was forced to join the Parthians.
		Antony reinvaded Armenia in 34 BC, captured Artavasdes, and took him to Alexandria, in 31 BC he was beheaded by Cleopatra VII of Egypt without revealing the whereabouts of the royal treasury.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Artavasdes_II (220 words)

	Phraates - LoveToKnow 1911
		But Pompey soon overrode the treaty; he acknowledged the elder Tigranes, took his son prisoner, occupied the vassal states Gordyene and Osroene for the Romans, and denied the title of "king of kings," which Phraates had adopted again, to the Parthian king (Plut.
		He was attacked in 36 by Antonius (Mark Antony), who marched through Armenia into Media Atropatene, and was defeated and lost the greater part of his army.
		Believing himself betrayed by Artavasdes, king of Armenia, he invaded his kingdom in 34, took him prisoner, and concluded a treaty with another Artavasdes, king of Atropatene.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Phraates (624 words)

	Armenia and Georgia, Culmen Europae
		The differences are that (1) Armenia was not a Greek colony but the realm of an indigenous people of Anatolia, like the Phrygians and Cappadocians, and (2) Armenia outlived all the Greek colonies, all the other ancient kingdoms of Anatolia, and even Rome itself.
		Armenia has thus traditionally been regarded as the first officially Christian country, though, with uncertainties in dating, Ethiopia may be able to challenge this.
		The Kingdom of Armenia in the Taurus Mountains of Cilicia is called "Lesser" Armenia in contrast to the "Greater Armenia" of the Armenian homeland to the northeast.
	www.friesian.com /armenia.htm (4282 words)

	Chapter Reign Of Diocletian And This Three Associates. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by Gibbon
		The command of the army was bestowed on Artavasdes, whose father had saved the infancy of Tiridates, and whose family had been massacred for that generous action.
		One of the first military dignities was conferred on the satrap Otas, a man of singular temperance and fortitude, who presented to the king his sister and a considerable treasure, both of which, in a sequestered fortress, Otas had preserved from violation.
		Armenia was chosen for the place of exile, and a large district was assigned to the Scythian horde, on which they might feed their flocks and herds, and remove their encampment from one place to another, according to the different seasons of the year.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/1/62/109/25655/8.html (866 words)

	Kingdoms of Anatolia - Armenia
		Armenia is generally understood to have included NE Turkey, the area covered by the modern republic of Armenia (the eastern part of ancient Armenia), and parts of Iranian Azerbaijan.
		Modern Armenia is the easternmost remnants of the former state(s).
		Armenia is divided by the war into (Greater) Armenia, Armenia Sophene and Little, or Lesser Armenia.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsMiddEast/AnatoliaArmenia.htm (1228 words)

	Armenia and Armenians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Armenia is also credited as being the first state to establish Christianity as its official religion.
		Armenia was located near the cradles of ancient civilizations--the Mesopotamian, bordering immediately to the south; the Egyptian in the southwest; and the Indus to the east--and was affected by each, but most significantly by Mesopotamian.
		Western Armenia thus fell under Roman hegemony, while the eastern territories came to be dominated by the Parthians.
	www.hr-action.org /armenia/armenians.html (5576 words)

	Tigranes I of Armenia
		Tigranes I (?-56 BC), "the Great", king of Armenia, was son of Artavasdes[?].
		Around 100 BC the Parthians placed him on the throne of Armenia, in return for "seventy valleys" in Armenia (Strabo 11.
		In 69 BC he warred with Rome, eventually losing Tigranocerta to Lucullus[?] and being separated from Mithridates by Pompey in 66.
	ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ti/Tigranes_I_of_Armenia.html (182 words)

	Armenia.htm
		Armenia became one of the powerful states in the southwestern part of Asia under King Tigran II (Tigranes or Tigran the Great).
		Armenia was not united under a single ruler and it was usually divided between Roman and Parthian empires.
		Armenia became the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion in 301 CE and later on influenced by Byzantine Empire.
	worldcoincatalog.com /AC/C2/Greece/AG/HK/Armenia/Armenia.htm (804 words)

	Artavasdes II of Armenia - Definition, explanation
		King Artavasdes II ruled Armenia from 53 to 34 BC.
		Artavasdes was an ally of Rome, but when Orodes II of Parthia invaded Armenia following his victory over the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, he was forced to join the Parthians.
		Antony reinvaded Armenia in 34 BC, captured Artavasdes, and took him to Alexandria, where he was later killed by Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/ar/artavasdes_ii_of_armenia.php (164 words)

	Arshak I of Iberia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		81 BC) was king of Caucasian Iberia (93-81 BC) and founder of the Arsacid dynasty in Iberia, unrelated to the Arsacid Dynasty of Parthia and the later Arshakuni Dynasty of Armenia.
		Son of King Artavasdes I of Armenia, he was raised to the Iberian throne after King Farnadjom of Iberia had been deposed and killed in 93 BC.
		Under his rule, Iberia became a client state of Armenia and lost some of the western provinces to Colchis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arshak_I_of_Iberia (129 words)

	Armenia - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		Armenia Major was bounded on the North by the River Cyrus (Kour), Iberia, Colchis, and the Moschici Mts.; on the West by Asia Minor and the Euphrates; on the South by Mesopotamia and Assyria; on the East by the Caspian and Media.
		Armenia then became a portion of Alexander's empire, and later of that of Seleucus (301 BC), under a native satrap, Artavasdes.
		Armenia as a subjectally of Rome became a "buffer state" between the Roman and Parthian empires.
	www.searchgodsword.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T741 (2035 words)

	ARMENIANS (September 8, 1987)
		Armenia is one of the fifteen constituent republics of the USSR.
		Armenia is also credited as being the first state to establish Christianity as its official religion.
		Armenia was located near the cradles of ancient civilizations--the Mesopotamian, bordering immediately to the south; the Egyptian in the southwest; and the Indus to the east--and was affected by each, but most significantly by Mesopotamian.
	www.umd.umich.edu /dept/armenian/papazian/armenia.html (5610 words)

	Urartu/Armenia
		However this may be, from 550 onward, Armenia was a satrapy of the Achaemenid empire; the satrap had his palace in Yerevan (ancient name unknown).
		The western kingdom was known as Lesser Armenia under ruled by king Zariadris; the other state was called Greater Armenia and ruled by Zariadris' son Artaxias (189-164).
		The western part of Armenia became part of the Roman world and was included in the province of Cappadocia.
	www.livius.org /arl-arz/armenia/armenia.html (1426 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Armenia Major was henceforth to be a protectorate, a client state answerable to Rome, while Armenia Minor was attached to Cappadocia.
		Artavasdes I of Armenia revolted against his former ally, and Antony crushed the entire country, making it a Roman province.
		Armenia was proclaimed a province, garrisoned with Roman troops and ruled by a king who was closely watched.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME0143 (895 words)

	Armenia (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		Much of Armenia is extremely fertile, producing large herds of horses and cattle, abundant crops of cereals, olives and fruit.
		The Assyrian king Uras-Pal-acur (circa 1190-1170 BC) made a raid into Armenia, and mentions the central district (UrarTu proper, near Lake Van), the land of the Manna (Minni, Jeremiah 51:27), Nahri ("the Rivers"), Ashguza (Ashkenaz, ib), etc. Another invader was Tiglath-pileser I (circa 1110-1090 BC).
		There is no proof of the later Armenian story that Armenia was subject to Abgarus, king of Edessa, in our Lord's time, and that the gospel was preached there by Thaddaeus, though the latter point is possible.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/741 (2152 words)

	KING TIGRAN II THE GREAT
		Tigranes was the son or brother of Artavasdes I and a member of the dynasty founded in the early 2nd century by Artaxias.
		Tigranes took the title "king of kings" and built a new royal city, Tigranocerta, on the borders of Armenia and Mesopotamia (the actual site is disputed), where he accumulated all his wealth and to which he transplanted the inhabitants of 12 Greek towns of Cappadocia, Cilicia, and Syria.
		In 72 the Romans forced Mithradates of Pontus to flee to Armenia, and, in 69, Roman armies under Lucullus invaded Armenia.
	www.armenians.com /famous/Tigran (440 words)

	Antony and Cleopatra
		Aided by a Parthian defector, Monaeses, and a somewhat unwilling ally, Artavasdes of Armenia, Antony crossed the Parthian border at the head of 100 000 troops (but of this number only two legions were of Roman stock).
		At this point Artavasdes deserted Antony’s force with all the cavalry and Antony was forced to retreat.
		Determined to attack Armenia as a prelude to another invasion of Parthia, Antony turned to Cleopatra and the East, and by refusing an offer of aid from loyal Octavia, he symbolically turned away from the Roman world.
	www.roman-empire.net /articles/article-028.html (5070 words)

	TIGRANES, or DIKRAN - Online Information article about TIGRANES, or DIKRAN
		Darius Hystaspis, which possessed large domains in Armenia and had been invested with the satrapy for several generations, was dominant in the See also:
		history of Armenia is principally based upon the data given by Strabo xi.
		FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /THE_TOO/TIGRANES_or_DIKRAN.html (1173 words)

	Ancient coinage of Armenia
		Artavasdes I, son of Tigranes I, B.C. 56-34; ob.
		Bust of Artavasdes I wearing Armenian tiara with spikes.
		Tigranes II, son of Artavasdes I, B.C. Obv.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/armenia.html (206 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The Deeds of the Divine Augustus by Augustus
		When Artaxes, king of Greater Armenia, was killed, though I could have made it a province, I preferred, by the example of our elders, to hand over that kingdomto Tigranes, son of king Artavasdes, and grandson of King Tigranes, through Tiberius Nero, who was then my step-son.
		The Bastarnae, the Scythians, and the Sarmatians, who are on this side of the river Don and the kings further away, an the kings of the Albanians, of the Iberians, and of the Medes, sought our friendship through emissaries.
		To me were sent supplications by kings: of the Parthians, Tiridates and later Phrates son of king Phrates, of the Medes, Artavasdes, of the Adiabeni, Artaxares, of the Britons, Dumnobellaunus and Tincommius, of the Sugambri, Maelo, of the Marcomanian Suebi (...) (-)rus.
	classics.mit.edu /Augustus/deeds.html (2775 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| Crassus by Plutarch
		Nor did Artabazes, King of Armenia, confirm him a little, who came to his aid with six thousand horse; who, however, were said to be only the king's life-guard and suit, for he promised ten thousand cuirassiers more, and thirty thousand foot, at his own charge.
		Crassus returned him but cold thanks for his readiness to serve him, and for the splendour of his assistance, and told him he was resolved to pass through Mesopotamia, where he had left a great many brave Roman soldiers; whereupon the Armenian went his way.
		Consider you now travel through the confines of Arabia and Assyria." Thus he managed them like children, and before the cheat was discovered, he rode away; not but that Crassus was aware of his going, but he had persuaded him that he would go and contrive how to disorder the affairs of the enemy.
	classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/crassus.html (5808 words)

	e. Parthia. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		The kingdom was devastated and Artabanus I (128–124) fell likewise fighting against the Tochari.
		Parthia suffered a collapse and was greatly reduced in territory by Tigranes I of Armenia (c.
		Phraates III restored order but was not strong enough to resist the Roman advance, led by Lucullus and Pompey.
	www.bartelby.com /67/216.html (402 words)

	Amazon.com: "Artavasdes of Armenia": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		145 In all Antony had perhaps sixteen legions and a mass of auxiliaries,146 and Artavasdes of Armenia supplied a large contingent of cataphracts and lighter-armed cavalry, perhaps as many as 16,ooo.147 It was a vast army indeed,...
		33• While this was going on Hyrodes had made peace with Artavasdes of Armenia and had agreed to receive the sister of Artavasdes as wife for his son Pacorus.
		There were a great many such kings, but the most important of all was Artavasdes of Armenia, who supplied 6,ooo horsemen and 7,000 foot soldiers.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Artavasdes-of-Armenia (445 words)

	History News Network
		Her second was another brother, 11-year-old Ptolemy XIV, whose death by poisoning four years later was timed conveniently to coincide with the readiness of Caesarion, Cleopatra's bastard son by Julius Caesar, to join her on the throne.
		She also procured the murder of her sister Arsino, and shortly before her own death ordered the execution of King Artavasdes of Armenia, whose head she then sent to another monarch, whose co-operation she wanted.
		The foxy temptress and swooning beauty of popular imagination was a violent pragmatist for whom death held no chill.
	www.hnn.us /roundup/entries/9444.html (1875 words)

	Crassus by Plutarch
		fight with Artavasdes, and invade Armenia; but much more probably he really apprehended the danger, and therefore waited to see the event, intending that Surena should first run the hazard of a battle, and draw the enemy on.
		And though at this time he was not above thirty years old, he had a great name for wisdom and sagacity, and, indeed, by these qualities chiefly, he overthrew Crassus, who first through his overweening confidence, and afterwards because he was cowed by his calamities, fell a ready victim to his subtlety.
		Consider you now travel through the confines of Arabia and Assyria." Thus he managed them like children, and before the cheat was discovered, he rode away; not but that Crassus was aware of his going, but he had persuaded him that he would go and contrive how to disorder the affairs of the enemy.
	www.4literature.net /Plutarch/Crassus/7.html (644 words)

	Cleopatra
		The failure of the Parthian campaign and Octavian's exploitation of Antony's misadventure drove Antony further into the arms of Cleopatra, who gave him immense financial help in rebuilding his shattered army.
		When Antony defeated Artavasdes of Armenia in 34, he celebrated his triumph not in Rome but in Alexandria.
		In Italy, Octavian used the donations at Alexandria and Antony's relations with Cleopatra to turn public opinion against him.
	www.iranpeyk.com /pages04/Cleopatra.htm (504 words)

	Crassus Part 2/2
		The Parthians had perfected the art of shooting arrows backwards off a galloping horse, and this is the origin of the English expression, Parthian shot.
		Although his men were dismayed by these stories, Crassus left his winter quarters for Mesopotamia (53), encouraged by the support of King Artabazes (otherwise known as Artavasdes) of Armenia, who brought 6000 horsemen, and promised a further 10,000 horsemen and 30,000 foot soldiers.
		Artabazes tried to persuade Crassus to invade Parthia via Armenia, where he could provision the army, but Crassus insisted on going through Mesopotamia.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/18302/104269 (458 words)

	Artavasdes boasts...
		Having been attacking the crippled Pathians for a solid year now, and producing enough gold to fund his, Pharnaces' AND Burebista's ventures, Artavasdes was celebrating with a night of wine.
		The generals listened to the figures bored, as they had heard this vain speech before.
		Artavasdes went on ranting that what they needed to do was seize some of the Parthian elephants....
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/637894 (216 words)

	Artavasdes_II_of_Armenia - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
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		???????) ruled Armenia from 53 to 34 BC.
	www.thewordbook.com /Artavasdes_II_of_Armenia (227 words)

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