Armenia during Tigran the Great

Armenia during Tigran the Great:

The Kingdom of Tigran the Great (in 69 BC)

 The years of enthronement of the followers of Artashes I, Artavazd A (160-115 BC) and Tiran-Tigran I (115-95 AD), were relatively calm. were not rich in external events and wars. Perhaps that is why the information about their management period is very scarce.

According to the Roman historian Justinus, as a result of the defeat of Armenia in the battle against Partizan, Tigran the throne son of Tigran was taken hostage to the king of Parthians Mihrdat B. Arshakuni.

C After his father's death in 95 AD, Tigran B. yielded Parthian to some of the southeastern lands of the Greater Armenia ("the 70 valleys"), freed from hostage and inherited his native throne.

The talented diplomat, statesman and military figure Tigran B, 40 years of imprisonment (95-55 BC), marked the unprecedented military, political, economic and cultural rise of Armenia by raising the international role and authority of the Armenian state.

C 94th Tigran the Great reunited Tsopk with which Mir Hayk complete. In order to withstand the advancement of the Roman and patriotic powers, and to neutralize their threats against Armenia, Tigran the Great 94th has signed a military-political alliance with Pontos and the King of Small Hayk Mihrdat Z. To reinforce the alliance, Tigran married Mihrdat's daughter Cleopatra.

C 93rd Armenian-Pontian troops captured Cappadocia. After a long battle against the Roman intervention, it remained under the control of Mihrdat Z.

Afterwards, Tigran the Great captured Iberia and Aghvank, secured the rear in the north and prepared for the war against Parity.

Rome, the common enemy of the East. 89-84 CE was involved in the first Mihrdat war, could not hinder the expansion of Armenia.

C 87-85 In the war against Parthians, Tigran the Great first liberated the Mesopotamian and Mesopotamian worlds, as well as the "70 valleys", then outlawed Atrpatakan and Northern Mesopotamia from Nigde, Osrodenne (Edessa) and Adybeni, later known as the Greater Armenia ally kingdoms, and the Arshakuni patriots were forced to accept the kingship of the Armenian king and give him the title of "King of the King".

The struggle of the Armenian people against Rome In the second half of the first century.

Tigran the Great took him out of the international arena for some time after winning the main opponent of Parthian and signing a peace treaty with him.

Then Tigran drew attention to the south.

He 84-83 Cobain, Cilicia, Syria (Syria), Phenicia (Lebanon), Judea and Nabatian.

With the advent of Syria, Tigran eliminated the once powerful kingdom of Seleucids. C 83 Tigran the Great sat on their throne in Antioch, the capital of Antioch. Thus, a powerful and spacious Armenian empire was created.

They spoke in more than 15 languages   in the domination of Tigran.

To control the newly established Armenian power, Tigran the Great set up a number of positions and coronations, governed by his close relatives and loyal patriots.

Tigran the Great has been involved in large-scale construction works, especially in urban development and road construction.

Ruins of the capital city of Tigranakert:

He built and built the new capital of Tigranakert, the new capital of his new kingdom, built the Artashat-Tigranakert "king's avenue" which united two Armenian capitals, founded other cities in Tigranakert and Tigranavan in different regions of Armenia, sponsored Hellenistic culture and economy, especially craft and trade. and with a Greek inscription, he dropped coins.

In order to rapidly settle the newly established cities, Tigran rebuilt a large number of craftsmen and merchants from the conquered lands.

Peaceful building activity of Tigran the Great broke between Rome and Pontus. 74th year flared during the Third War of Mihdidat.

By announcing Armenia its most dangerous and powerful enemy in the East, Rome instigated a series of powerful riots within the Armenian Empire and constrained the military assistance of Tigran Mets to Mihrdat Z.

His two sons rebelled against the Armenian king, but were defeated and killed.

Thus, Tigran the Great restored not only the power and integrity of his power, but also handed Pontus the throne to Mihrdat again.

The Pope of Rome replaced Pope, who defeated Moghulet Evgothi in the East.

Meanwhile, Rome and the Parthian king of Horde were able to organize a new riot in the back of Tigran the Great, the head of which was the honored Armenian prince and the viceroy of Tsopk, Tigran Jr. The latter 67th He was fired, fled to Parthia and became the Horde's Groom.

C 66th Tigran Jr. entered into Armenia with a paratrooper, trying to capture the capital of Artashat and proclaim the King of Armenia. However, he again suffered a heavy defeat, and this time he sheltered Pompeius. The latter In 66 AD, he defeated Mihrdat Z, coordinating Cappadocia, Pontus and Small Hay, followed by Tigran Jr., invaded Greater Armenia.

Tigran the Great, taking into account the fact that two powerful powers are threatened by Rome and Parthian, 66th In Artashat, Pompeius signed a peace treaty, though he refused from most of the conquered countries, paid a huge warrant, but preserved the integrity and independence of the Greater Armenia.

Tigran the Great also retained the title of "King of the King". By proclaiming Armenia as a "allied and friendly" state under the Artashat Treaty, Rome soon made its main goal in the East as the achievement of Parity.

Tigran the Great and his successors then pursued a policy of rapprochement and military-political cooperation with the neighboring Parthian, to counterbalance the Roman Eastern policy and preserve the state independence of Greater Armenia. 64th year signed by the Armenian-Parthian Covenant.

The last decade of Tigran the Great's enthronement was peaceful.