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| | The Armenian Church | About St. Vartan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | 55-34 B.C. Reign of Artavazd II in Armenia fights as an ally of Parthians, is captured and exiled by Mark Anthony. |
 | | Gregory The Illuminator. Gregory and Tiridates III (son of the slain king, who is also referred to as Khosrov) are separately spirited off to Rome and escape the massacre of their families. |
 | | 279/80-287 A.D. Khosrov, son of Tiridates II, rules in the west of Armenia; and is murdered by his brother, Tiridates III, who reigns in the west and then 293-298 in the east as an Iranian vassal. Tiridates IV, the Great, son of Khosrov II, reigns 298-330 and is converted to Christianity in 314. |
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