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Siege of Artaxata 66 BC

View of Khor Virap Monastery. The hill where the monastery was built is the location of now ruined Artaxata
Date66 BC
Location
Artashat, Armenia
Result Tigranes II victory[1][2][3]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Armenia Parthia
Commanders and leaders
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]

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In 66 BC Tigranes son Tigranes the Younger rebelled 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[5][6][7] went home when his siege of Artaxata dragged on, and Tigranes defeated[8][9] his son's remaining forces. Tigranes the Younger took refuge with the Roman general Pompey,[6][10] obliging his fauier to buy Pompey off. When Phraates occupied Gordyene the following year, Pompey recovered it for Tigranes.[11]

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  1. ^ The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare. Taylor & Francis. 1998. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-57958-116-9.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Ahmad, Ainan (2024-06-19). The Game of Power - Volume 3 (History of Persian Empire). Blue Rose Publishers. p. 159.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Dąbrowa, Edward (2012-02-16). The Arsacid Empire. Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford University Press. p. 79.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Tigran II". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  9. ^ "Tigranes II The Great | King of Armenia". Britannica. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare. Taylor & Francis. 1998. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-57958-116-9.
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