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	Encyclopedia: Tigranes I of Armenia
		In 69 BC he warred with Rome, eventually losing Tigranocerta to Lucullus and being separated from Mithridates by Pompey in 66.
		A Persian family, that of Hydarnes, one of the associates of Darius Hystaspis, which possessed large domains in Armenia and had been invested with the satrapy for several generations, was dominant in the country, and assumed the royal title in defiance of the Seleucid.
		Tigranes was beaten at Tigranocerta on the 6th of October 69, and again near Artaxata in September 68.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tigranes-I-of-Armenia (445 words)

	AllRefer.com - Tigranes (Ancient History, Middle East, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		By an alliance with his father-in-law, Mithradates VI of Pontus, he was able to extend his conquests across Asia Minor.
		He founded Tigranocerta (the modern Siirt, Turkey) as the capital of his large empire, but he and Mithradates were at war with Rome, and in 69
		Pompey with the aid of Tigranes' son vanquished Tigranes, who lost all his conquests and had to pay tribute to Rome.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tigranes.html (182 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nero
		Under Claudius, the Armenians and Parthians had revolted, and the proconsul had been unable to uphold the prestige of the Roman arms.
		Seneca advised Nero to assert his rights over Armenia, and Domitius Corbulo was recalled from Germany and Britain to go with fresh troops to Cappadocia and Galatia, where he stormed the two Armenian capitals, Artaxata and Tigranocerta in A.D. 59 and made his headquarters in the city of Nisibis.
		King Tividates was dethroned, and Tigranes, Nero's favourite, made vassal in his stead.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10752c.htm (1688 words)

	Biblical Archeology, Bible And Archeology
		The greatest Armenian king was Tigranes I. (96-55 BC), a warrior who raised Armenia for a time to the foremost position in Asia.
		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.
		Tigranes surrendered to Pompey near Artaxata (66 BC), paid 6,000 talents, and retained only Armenia.
	www.biblicalarcheology.net /OlderWorks/Armenia.html (2015 words)

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