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	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_of_Armenia (220 words)

	Orodes II of Parthia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coin of Orodes II from the mint at Seleucia on the Tigris.
		Thence he invaded the Parthian kingdom, but having reigned briefly in 55 BC was besieged by Surena, general of Orodes, in Seleucia on the Tigris, and after a prolonged resistance was captured and slain.
		Meanwhile the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus had begun his attempt to conquer the east, but he was defeated and killed in 53 BC at the Battle of Carrhae by Surena, while Orodes himself invaded Armenia and forced King Artavasdes, the son of Tigranes the Great, to abandon the Romans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orodes_II_of_Parthia (389 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 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 (4265 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.
	www.worldcoincatalog.com /AC/C2/Greece/AG/HK/Armenia/Armenia.htm (804 words)

	Alexander Helios
		Artavasdes II of Armenia was at that time Antony's captive.
		Plutarch does not explicitly state that she was engaged to Alexander rather than Ptolemy Philadelphus, but in view of the kingdoms assigned to him this is the only reasonable choice.
		The apparent problem with Roller's suggestion is that the same passage is usually understood to indicate that Alexander was alive at the time when Juba II married Cleopatra Selene, i.e.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/helios.htm (1184 words)

	ARMENIANS (September 8, 1987)
		Armenia is one of the fifteen constituent republics of the USSR.
		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.
		Accordingly, Sultan Mohammed II, the "Conqueror," (1451-1481) established the non- Muslim religious communities in the Ottoman Empire as domestic self-governing entities under the hegemony of the Sultan and his court officials.
	www.umd.umich.edu /dept/armenian/papazian/armenia.html (5610 words)

	Urartu/Armenia
		From 550 onward, Armenia was a satrapy of the Achaemenid empire; the satrap had his palace in Yerevan (ancient name unknown).
		The younger capital Tigranocerta was built by a descendant of Artaxias, Tigranes II the Great (ruled c.95-c.55), who had been able to reunite Armenia but was defeated by the Roman general Pompey in 66 BCE.
		The western part of Armenia became part of the Roman world and was included in the province Cappadocia.
	www.livius.org /arl-arz/armenia/armenia.html (1413 words)

	Alexander Helios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In Autumn of 34 BC at the "Donation of Alexandria" Alexander was crowned ruler of Armenia, Media and Parthia.
		Respectively Artavasdes II of Armenia, Artavasdes I of Media and Phraates IV of Parthia.
		But his parents seemed to have intended to work in placing him to those thrones.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/a/al/alexander_helios.html (168 words)

	Informat.io on Marcus Licinius Crassus
		Artavasdes tried to persuade Crassus to invade Parthia from Armenia, where he could provision the army, but Crassus insisted on going through Mesopotamia.
		Crassus marched into the desert, where he received pleas from Artavasdes for him to come and help fight off the Parthians besieging Armenia, or at least keep to mountainous areas where the Parthian cavalry would be useless.
		Surena took the head and hand and sent them to Hyrodes in Armenia; he and the army proceeded back to Seleucia in procession in which a Roman prisoner, wearing women's clothes, pretended to be Crassus led along on horseback in triumph.
	www.quaest.io /?title=marcus-licinius-crassus (3768 words)

	Artaxerxes II Mnemon - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Artaxerxes II Mnemon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		, son and successor of Darius II and elder brother of Cyrus the Younger.
		He was at war with Sparta 399–394, and 387–380 with Evagoras, King of Salamis, who refused to recognize the Peace of Antalcidas.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Artaxerxes+II+Mnemon (111 words)

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		Artavasdes was at first an ally of Rome, but, when the Parthian king Orodes II invaded Armenia, he joined the Parthian side and gave his sister in marriage to Pacorus, Orodes' son.
		Artavasdes was taken to Alexandria, where he was later killed by the Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra.
		Artavasdes was also an accomplished Greek scholar who composed dramas and other literary works.
	www.armenians.com /famous/artavazd-ii.html (110 words)

	Pacorus I of Parthia - meaning of word
		Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛ[ΕΩΣ] ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΝ] [ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ] [Ε]ΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (king of kings Arsacid dynasty, bringer of plenty, the just, the illustrious, friend of the Greeks).]] Pacorus I of Parthia (died 38 BC) was the son of king Orodes II of Parthia of the Parthia.
		He was the brother-in-law of king Artavasdes II of Armenia of Armenia.
		Following the defeat of the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, Pacorus launched an invasion of Syria in 51 BC, briefly conquering the Roman territory before being driven out by Gaius Cassius Longinus.
	wordsonline.org /Pacorus_I_of_Parthia (297 words)

	55 BC oddd.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		For the army of Germania superior, one legion, II Augusta, at Argentoratum (Strasbourg), and one, XIII Gemina, at Vindonissa (Windisch).
		During World War II, it was still considered the sacred border of Germany, and was still a defensive barrier.
		- The Rhine bridge of Remagen became famous in World War II when the Germans failed to demolish the bridge in time and the allied troops were able to establish a bridgehead - much to their own surprise.
	www.oddd.org /en/55+BC (11862 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The Annals by Tacitus
		The conquered Vonones found a refuge in Armenia, then a free country, and exposed to the power of Parthia and Rome, without being trusted by either, in consequence of the crime of Antonius, who, under the guise of friendship, had inveigled Artavasdes, king of the Armenians, then loaded him with chains, and finally murdered him.
		Next, at the bidding of Augustus, Artavasdes was set on the throne, nor was he deposed without disaster to ourselves.
		Some even of the good soldiers were inclined to a corrupt compliance, as a whispered rumour gained ground that the emperor was not averse to these proceedings.
	classics.mit.edu /Tacitus/annals.2.ii.html (10829 words)

	The Annals [of Ancient Rome] by Cornelius Tacitus: book 2
		Book II In the consulship of Sisenna Statilius Taurus and Lucius Libo there was a commotion in the kingdoms and Roman provinces of the East.
		The barbarians who followed the two kings, lest they might disturb the peace of the provinces by mingling with the population, were settled beyond the Danube between the rivers Marus and Cusus, under a king, Vannius, of the nation of the Quadi.
		Quitting the seacoast on the pretence of a hunting expedition, he struck into trackless forests, and was soon borne by his swift steed to the river Pyramus, the bridges over which had been broken down by the natives as soon as they heard of the king's escape.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/tacitusc/annals/chap2.htm (15444 words)

	Tigranes II the Great
		Tigranes II the Great: name of an Armenian king, ruled from c.95 to c.55.
		91: After the death of Mithradates II of Parthia, Tigranes reconquers the "seventy valleys", and adds Osroene (Edessa), Nisibis, Gordyene, Atropatene, and Adiabene
		69: the Roman commander Lucullus attacks Armenia and defeats Tigranes at Tigranocerta: Lucullus appoints Antiochus XIII Asiaticus as ruler of Syria
	www.livius.org /ti-tn/tigranes/tigranes_ii.html (217 words)

	STORY SO FAR... (April '05)
		It got worse still as not only have Macedonia, Thrace and Achaea been lost to Caesar, but there are rumblings that an heir to the throne of Mithridates has emerged and had himself declared King of Pontus with the lack of Roman military opposition.
		This Pharnaces has also been in contact with Artavasdes II, ruler of Armenia (a buffer kingdom of Parthia), about an alliance and both states are readying themselves for a bid for independence.
		In the Levant, buoyed by his two massive victories over the Romans at Antioch and Anazarbos, Orodes of Parthia has returned to Damascus to deal with the one legion of Sextus Pompeius.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/546755 (668 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Report: Kinship of Isabella Lucie Rostrup Holdt
		King of Armenia and Parthia, Alexander I Helios
		King of Armenia, Artavasdes IV 4th cousin 63 times removed
		King of Armenia, Artaxias II 1st cousin 66 times removed
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/h/o/l/Jacob--Holdt/COL8-0046.html (71 words)

	Tree: Aroandes II (King/Satrap) of ARMENIA
		-- Darius (Ochus) II (Shah) of PERSIA +
		His 3-Great Grandchild: Xerxes I (King) of ARMENIA
		His (poss.) 7-Great Grandchildren: Artavasdes I (King) of ARMENIA ; Tigranes II `the Great' (King) of ARMENIA ; Antiochus I (King) of the COMMAGENE
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~jamesdow/s076/f069877.htm (40 words)

	Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, Volume 8
		Mary A. Papazian, "The Fiery Call of the Soul": A Reading of Artem Haroutiunian's Letter to Noah and Other Poems.
		Khatchadour A. Mousheghian, The Tetradrachm of Artavasdes II of Armenia
		Shahnazarian and Mkrtchian, The State History Museum of Armenia
	www.abrilbooks.com /Bookinfo/Journals/JournalSocietyArmStudiesVol8.htm (211 words)

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