Tigranes the Great

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Tigranes II, more commonly known as Tigranes the Great (Armenian: Տիգրան Մեծ, Tigran Mets; Ancient Greek: Τιγράνης ὁ Μέγας Tigránes ho Mégas; Latin: Tigranes Magnus) was an Armenian king, from between 95 and 55 BCE. Tigranes's period, Kingdom of Armenia became, for a short time, most strongest and super power state to Rome's east. He was a member of the Artaxiad dynasty.

Tigranes was born around 140 BCE and was the son or nephew of Artavasdes I or Tigranes I.

Tigranes the Great represented the Artaxiad Royal House.

He was involved in many battles during his reign. He had battles against the Parthian, Seleucid, and Roman empires.

Early Armenian Empire of Tigranes

Tigranes The Great Media

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  The Kingdom of Armenia at its greatest extent under Tigranes the Great

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  Artaxiad Armenia in 80 BC, with modern borders indicated

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  Statue of Tigranes the Great in Yerevan

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  A coin of Tigranes depicted on a 500 Armenian dram banknote, in circulation from 1993 to 2005.

Related pages

• Kingdom of Armenia (Antiquity) (Expanded lands massively)

Sources

• Armen, Herant K. (1940). Tigran The Great. Avondale Press.
• Manaseryan, Ruben (2007). Տիգրան Մեծ՝ Հայկական Պայքարը Հռոմի և Պարթևաստանի Դեմ, մ.թ.ա. 94–64 թթ. [Tigran the Great: The Armenian Struggle Against Rome and Parthia, 94–64 B.C.] (in Armenian). Yerevan: Lusakan Publishing.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)