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.

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Early Armenian Empire of Tigranes

Tigranes The Great Media

• Map of the Armenian Empire of Tigranes (English).svg

  Tigranes the Great's Armenian Empire: Countries, composing parts of the Empire

• Տիգրան Մեծ Statue of Tigranes the Great in Yerevan.jpg

  A modern statue of Tigranes in Yerevan

• A tetradrachm of Tigranes found in Artaxata

• Tigranes 2.jpg

  A late 19th century depiction of Tigranes based on his coinage

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)