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  Artaxata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Artaxata was founded around 190 BC by Artashes (Artaxas) I at the entrance to the plainlands of the River Araxes, at a point where the watercourse forms a near peninsula.
Tigran II was defeated by Lucius Lucullus in 68 BC at the Battle of Artaxata, and the city remained a hotly contested military target for the next two centuries.
Artaxata was occupied by Syrian legions under the Roman general Cnaeus Domitius Corbulo in 58 BC as part of the short-lived first conquest of Armenia, and destroyed in 163 AD when Statius Priscus reconquered Armenia.
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Artaxata was a city on the Araks River in the Ararat valley, founded by Artashes in 166 BC.
Artaxata was founded around 190 BC by Artashes (Artaxias) I at the entrance to the plainlands of the River Araxes, at a point where the watercourse forms a near peninsula.
Artaxata was occupied by Syrian legions under the Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo in AD 58 as part of the short-lived first conquest of Armenia, and destroyed in AD 163 when Statius Priscus reconquered Armenia.
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 Artaxata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Until the 5th century, Artaxata was the principal political and cultural center of Armenia.
Artaxata was founded around 190 BC by Artashes (Artaxias) I at the entrance to the plainlands of the River Araxes, at a point where the watercourse forms a near peninsula.
Artaxata was occupied by Syrian legions under the Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo in AD 58 as part of the short-lived first conquest of Armenia, and destroyed in AD 163 when Statius Priscus reconquered Armenia.
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Armenia continued to be governed by Persian or native satraps until its absorption into the Macedonian empire of Alexander the Great (331) and its successor, the Seleucid empire (301).
After the defeat of the Seleucid king Antiochus the Great by Rome at the Battle of Magnesia (winter 190–189 BC), his two Armenian satraps, Artashes (Artaxias) and Zareh (Zariadres), established themselves, with Roman consent, as kings of Greater Armenia and Sophene, respectively, thus becoming the creators of an independent Armenia.
Artashes built his capital Artashat (Artaxata) on the Aras River near modern Yerevan.
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68 BC - Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
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 Corbulo, Armenia and Parthia
An initial attack by Tiridates was initially successful but not enough to have any lasting effect and he retreated into the deeper desert of Armenia to avoid direct conflict.
Corbulo followed but was unable to bring Tiridates to battle and broke off direct pursuit in order to focus on the Armenian capitals.
First Artaxata was captured and sacked and by the end of AD 59 Tigranocerta surrendered to the advancing Romans without a fight.
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At the battle of Arbela (331 BC), 40,000 of their infantry and 7,000 cavalry took part.
Armenia then became a portion of Alexander's empire, and later of that of Seleucus (301 BC), under a native satrap, Artavasdes.
He humbled the Parthians, joined Mithridates VI in war with Rome, ruled Syria for over 14 years, built near Mardin as his capital Tigranocerta, and assumed the Assyrio-Persian title of "King of Kings." Lucullus defeated Tigranes and destroyed Tigranocerta in 69 BC.
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 Lucullus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He became consul in 74, and took the field against Mithridates.
He also led an attack against Tigranes II of Armenia, defeating him in the battle of Artaxata (68 BC).
His attempts to reform the rapacious Roman administration in Asia made him increasingly unpopular; once his authority over his legions was undermined by the efforts of Publius Clodius Pulcher, he was replaced by Pompey.
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Of conduct would be such that all the world
In battle, though against thy few in arms.
He saw them in their forms of battle ranged,
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Undermanned Roman Elite Frontier Infantry, held the town against wave after wave of enemy attacks, at the famous Battle of Artaxata.
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