Siege of Artaxata
| Siege of Artaxata 66 BC | |||||||
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 View of Khor Virap Monastery. The hill where the monastery was built is the location of now ruined Artaxata | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Armenia |
 Parthian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Tigranes the Great |
Tigranes the Younger Phraates III | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The siege of Artaxata took place in 66 BC in the modern Artashat on the Araxes River near Erevan, a place of course far to the north of the Artaxata. The siege was organized by the Tigranes the Younger and Phraates III.[2][4]
Siege
[edit]In 66 BC Tigranes, son Tigranes the Younger, rebelled[5] and, when defeated, called in Phraates of Parthia.Phraates III, together with Tigranes the Younger, led an expedition into Armenia. Initially successful, their efforts were halted by a long siege at Artaxata, which led Phraates III to put Tigranes the Younger in charge of the expedition, leaving him with some Parthian soldiers[6][7][8][9] went home when his siege of Artaxata dragged on, and Tigranes defeated[10][11] his son's remaining forces. Tigranes the Younger took refuge with the Roman general Pompey,[8][12] obliging his fauier to buy Pompey off. When Phraates occupied Gordyene the following year, Pompey recovered it for Tigranes.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare. Taylor & Francis. 1998. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-57958-116-9.
- ^ a b Fisher, William Bayne; Yarshater, Ehsan (1968). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-521-20092-9.
- ^ Ahmad, Ainan (2024-06-19). The Game of Power - Volume 3 (History of Persian Empire). Blue Rose Publishers. p. 159.
- ^ Atamian, Sarkis (1955). The Armenian Community: The Historical Development of a Social and Ideological Conflict. Philosophical Library. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8022-0043-3.
- ^ Hagop Manandian (Manandyan), George A. Bournoutian. Tigranes II and Rome. pp. 133–134.
- ^ Marie-Louise Chaumont. Tigrane le Jeune, fils de Tigrane le Grand: révolte contre son pére et captivité à Rome (in French). p. 228.
- ^ Dio, Cassius (2024-02-08). The Fall of the Roman Republic: Roman History, Books 36-40. Oxford University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-19-882288-2.
- ^ a b Dąbrowa, Edward (2012-02-16). The Arsacid Empire. Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford University Press. p. 79. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199732159.013.0007.
- ^ Shayegan, M. Rahim (2011-09-15). Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge University Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-521-76641-8.
- ^ "Tigran II". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
- ^ Tigranes II The Great | King of Armenia.
- ^ Sampson, Gareth C. (2021-08-31). Rome's Great Eastern War: Lucullus, Pompey and the Conquest of the East, 74–62 BC. Pen and Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-5267-6269-6.
- ^ The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare. Taylor & Francis. 1998. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-57958-116-9.