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Tigranes II (), more commonly known as Tigranes the Great ( Tigran Mets ; Tigránes o Mégas ) ( 140 – 55 BC ) was emperor of Armenia under whom the country became, for a short time, the strongest state east of the Roman Republic.
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Tigranes and II
* Tigranes II of Armenia is placed on Armenian throne by the Parthians in exchange for the cession of " seventy valleys ".
* The alliance between Mithridates VI of Pontus and Tigranes II of Armenia is broken.
* Tigranes II is forced to surrender, by a payment of 6, 000 talents, and is reinstated by Pompey as a " friend of the Roman people " to hold Armenia as a buffer zone.
* October 6 – Lucius Lucullus defeats Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Artaxata.
* Roman troops under Lucius Lucullus defeat the army of Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Tigranocerta, and capture Tigranocerta, capital of Armenia.
It became an important center during the reign of the Armenian king, Tigranes II, who founded the city of Tigranakert in the 1st century BC.
Following Persian and Macedonian rule, the Artaxiad dynasty from 190 BC gave rise to the Kingdom of Armenia which rose to the peak of its influence under Tigranes II before falling under Roman rule.
Tigranes had been a hostage until the age of 40 at the court of King Mithradates II of Parthia who defeated the Armenians in 105 BCE.
After the death of Mithridates II of Parthia in 88 BCE, Tigranes took advantage of the fact that the Parthian Empire had been weakened by Scythian invasions and internal squabbling:
Tigranes II and Rome: A New Interpretation Based on Primary Sources.
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In 69-68 BC Lucullus, having overcome Armenian ruler Tigranes II, approached the borders of Caucasian Albania and was succeeded by Pompey.
) as envoy to the Armenian King of Kings Tigranes II to demand the surrender of the Pontic king.
* Tigranes the Great, sometimes known as Tigranes II, ruled 95 BC – 55 BC
It became an important center during the reign of the Armenian king, Tigranes II, who founded the city of Tigranakert in the 1st century BC.
Armenia reached its greatest size and influence under King Tigranes II ( r. 95-55 BC ) stretched from the Mediterranean Sea northeast to the Kura River.
The first known instance of an Armenian to come anywhere near Jerusalem arrived in 95 BC under King Tigranes II of Armenia.
During the reign of Tigranes II, the Armenian kingdom expanded and conquered many territories in the south and west, ultimately reaching the Mediterranean Sea.
Tigranes and more
Edessa was at first more or less under the protectorate of the Parthians, then of Tigranes of Armenia, then from the time of Pompey under the Romans.
His manner and speech offended Tigranes, the self-styled King of Kings, who for more than twenty years had been accustomed to grovelling oriental court ceremony.
He might have sent L. Fannius or L. Magius, both of whom had experience at the Pontic court, and his letter to Tigranes addressing him simply as King, rather than King of Kings, was almost certainly a deliberate insult of the more refined diplomatic sort.
Tigranes and known
It is also known that Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia, was named as the king of kings when he made his empire after defeating the Parthians.
By far the best known Tigranes is Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia from 95 to 55 BC, who founded a short-lived Armenian empire.
However, Tigranes the Great is also sometimes known as Tigranes I, in his capacity as a successor to the Seleucid dynasty.
Tigranes and Great
* Cleopatra of Pontus ( born 110 BC ), wife of Tigranes the Great
* 69 BC – Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
* 68 BC – Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
In 83 BC Syria fell under the rule of Tigranes the Great ; the King of Armenia.
Much of the eastern part of the empire was conquered by the Parthians under Mithridates I of Parthia in the mid-2nd century BC, yet the Seleucid kings continued to rule a rump state from Syria until the invasion by Armenian king Tigranes the Great and their ultimate overthrow by the Roman general Pompey.
Mithridates ' ambitious son-in-law, Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia, however, saw opportunity for expansion in the constant civil strife to the south.
* Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia
This appearance may be recalled in the representation of Tigranes the Great, an Armenian king who is depicted on coins with a crown that features, according to V. G. Gurzadyan and R. Vardanyan, " a star with a curved tail may represent the passage of Halley's Comet in 87 BCE.
* Tigranes the Great, Armenian Emperor ( b. c. 140 BC )
* Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia ( b. c. 140 BC )
* Tigranes the Great becomes king of Armenia
After the initial successes against Mithradates VI of Pontus and Tigranes the Great of the Kingdom of Armenia, Pompey began to pursue the defeated enemy northwards.
The Kingdom of Armenia ( Antiquity ) | Kingdom of Armenia at its greatest extent under Tigranes the Great.
The Kingdom of Armenia ( Antiquity ) | Kingdom of Armenia at its greatest extent under Tigranes the Great
Under his reign, the Armenian kingdom expanded beyond its traditional boundaries, allowing Tigranes to claim the title Great King, and involving Armenia in many battles against opponents such as the Parthian and Seleucid empires, and the Roman Republic.
He was called " Tigranes the Great " by many Western historians and writers, such as Plutarch.
Tigranes the Great with four Kings surrounding him
Illustration of Tigranes the Great in 1898 book Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians
In 66 BCE, Pompey advanced into Armenia with the younger Tigranes, and Tigranes the Great, now almost 75 years old, surrendered.
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Antiochus is first mentioned in the ancient sources in 69 BC, when the Roman Lucullus campaign against Armenian King Tigranes the Great.
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