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List Of Armenians
This is a list of notable Armenians. By country ;Americas * List of Armenian Americans * List of Armenian Canadians ;Caucasus * List of Azerbaijani Armenians * List of Georgian Armenians * List of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh ;Europe * List of French Armenians * List of Greek Armenians * List of Armenians in the United Kingdom * List of Romanians of Armenian descent * List of Russian Armenians ;Middle East * List of Egyptian Armenians * List of Iranian Armenians * List of Iraqi Armenians * List of Lebanese Armenians * List of Ottoman Armenians * List of Syrian Armenians * List of Turkish Armenians Leaders and Politicians Armenia * Zarmayr Haykazuni, legendary King of Armenia from 1192 BC to 1180 BC * Orontes I Sakavakyats, legendary King of Armenia from 570 to 560 BC * Tigranes Orontid, legendary King of Armenia from 560 to 535 BC * Orontes III, King of Armenia from 321 to 260 BC * Artaxias I, King of Armenia from 190 to 159 BC, founder of Artaxiad dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenians
Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century''. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.) New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997, pp. 1–17 Armenians constitute the main demographic group in Armenia and constituted the main population of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh until their Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, subsequent flight due to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, 2023 Azerbaijani offensive. There is a large Armenian diaspora, diaspora of around five million people of Armenian ancestry living outside the Republic of Armenia. The largest Armenian populations exist in Armenians in Russia, Russia, the Armenian Americans, United States, Armenians in France, France, Armenians in Georgia, Georgia, Iranian Armenians, Iran, Armenians in Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Syrian Armenians
This is a list of some famous Armenians in Syria. Politics and military *Sarkis Assadourian (born 1948, Aleppo), former member of Canadian Parliament *Samuel Der-Yeghiayan (born 1952, Aleppo), United States federal judge, noteworthy for being the first Armenian immigrant to become a federal judge in the United States * Varoujan Garabedian (born 1954, Qamishli), former member of the ASALA, linked with the 1983 Orly Airport attack * Jacobo Harrotian (fl. 19th century, Aleppo – 1929 Dominican Republic), Mexican General officer of Armenian descent who participated in the Mexican Revolution *Garo Kahkejian (1963, Aleppo – 1993, Magauz near Martakert), Armenian military commander and participant of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, buried in the Yerablur Pantheon *Aram Karamanoukian (1910–1996), lieutenant-general of the Syrian army *Hrant Maloyan (1896–1978), General Commander of the Internal Security Forces in Syria *Vartan Oskanian (born 1954, Aleppo), Minister of Foreign Affai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erato Of Armenia
Erato (Armenian: Էրատո) was a queen of Armenia from the Artaxiad dynasty. She co-ruled as Roman client queen in 8–5 BC and 2 BC–AD 1 with Tigranes IV. Erato reigned alone in 1–2 AD. After living in political exile for a number of years, she co-ruled as Roman client queen from 6 until 12 with Tigranes V, her distant paternal relative and possible second husband. She may be viewed as one of the last hereditary rulers of her nation. Family Erato was the second child and the known daughter born to Tigranes III. She had an older paternal half-brother Tigranes IV. Erato was born and raised either in Rome, where her father lived in political exile for 10 years from 30 BC until 20 BC, or during her father's kingship of Armenia from 20 BC until 10 BC. Erato's father, Tigranes III, died before 6 BC. In 8 BC, the Armenians installed Tigranes IV as successor of Tigranes III. In accordance with Oriental or Hellenistic custom, Tigranes IV married Erato in order to preserve the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artavasdes II
Artavasdes II ( ), also known as Artavazd II, was king of Armenia from 55 BC to 34 BC. A member of the Artaxiad dynasty, he was the son and successor of Tigranes the Great (), who ascended the throne of a still powerful and independent state. His mother was Cleopatra of Pontus, thus making his maternal grandfather the prominent King of Pontus Mithridates VI Eupator. Like his father, Artavasdes continued using the title of King of Kings, as seen from his coins. Name Artavasdes' name is the Latin attestation of an Old Iranian name *, identical to the Avestan , presumably meaning "powerful/persevering through truth". It is attested in Armenian as and in Greek as , , , and . Biography In , Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of the Roman triumvirs, who had become proconsul of Syria, had been preparing to invade the Parthian realm. Artavasdes II, who was an ally of Rome, advised Crassus to take a route through Armenia to avoid the desert and offered him reinforcements of a further 10,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigranes The Great
Tigranes II, more commonly known as Tigranes the Great (''Tigran Mets'' in Armenian language, Armenian; 140–55 BC), was a king of Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), Armenia. A member of the Artaxiad dynasty, he ruled from 95 BC to 55 BC. Under his reign, the Armenian kingdom expanded beyond its traditional boundaries and reached its peak, allowing Tigranes to claim the title Great King or King of Kings. His empire for a short time was the most powerful state to the east of the Roman Republic. Either the son or nephew of Artavasdes I of Armenia, Artavasdes I, Tigranes was given as a hostage to Mithridates II of Parthia after Armenia came under Parthian suzerainty. After ascending to the Armenian throne, he rapidly expanded his kingdom by Military Campaigns of Tigranes the Great, invading or annexing Roman and Parthian client-kingdoms. Tigran decided to ally with Mithridates VI Eupator, Mithridates VI of Pontus by marrying his daughter Cleopatra of Pontus, Cleopatra. At its height, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artaxiad Dynasty
The Artaxiad dynasty (also Artashesian) ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from 189 BC until their overthrow by the Romans in 12 AD. It was founded by Artaxias I, who claimed kinship with the previous ruling dynasty of Armenia, the Orontids. Their realm included Greater Armenia, Sophene and, intermittently, parts of Mesopotamia. Their main enemies were the Romans, the Seleucids and the Parthians, against whom the Armenians conducted multiple wars. Under the Artaxiad king Tigranes the Great (), the Kingdom of Armenia reached its greatest territorial extent, extending for a brief period from the Caspian to the Mediterranean Sea. Origin According to the Greek geographer Strabo (''Geography'', book 11, chapter 14), Artaxias and Zariadres were two generals ( ''strategoi'') of the Seleucid Empire who were granted control over the provinces of Greater Armenia and Sophene by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus III the Great. The last ruler of Armenia before Artaxias and Zariadres was na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artaxias I
Artaxias I (from ) was the founder of the Artaxiad dynasty of Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), Armenia, ruling from 189 BC to 160 BC. Artaxias was a member of a branch of the Orontid dynasty, the earlier ruling dynasty of Armenia. He expanded his kingdom on all sides, consolidating the territory of Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), Greater Armenia. He enacted a number of administrative reforms to order his expanded realm. He also founded a new capital in the central valley of the Aras (river), Araxes River called Artaxata (Artashat), which quickly grew into a major urban and commercial center. He was succeeded by his son Artavasdes I of Armenia, Artavasdes I. Modern scholars #Historical assessment, regard him as the founder of independent Armenian statehood. Name The Ancient Greek, Greek form ''Artaxias'' ultimately derives from the Iranian languages, Old Iranian name *, which is also the source of Greek () and Middle Persian Ardeshir (other), Ardashir. The Armenian_lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orontes III
Orontes III (Old Persian: ''*Arvanta-'') was King of Armenia. In his reign he struggled for control of the Kingdom of Sophene with king Antiochus II Theos until being defeated in 272 BC and was forced to pay a large tribute which included 300 talents of silver and 1,000 horses and mules. Orontes III was subsequently murdered in 260 BC, whether at the instigation of King Antiochus II is not recorded. His son, Sames, continued to rule in Sophene Sophene ( or , ; ) was a province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, located in the south-west of the kingdom, and of the Roman Empire. The region lies in what is now southeastern Turkey. History The region that was to become Sophene was part .... Hovannisian, Richard G., ''The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times'', 2 vols. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997 References Sources * * 4th-century BC kings of Armenia 3rd-century BC kings of Armenia Kings of Sophene Diadochi 260 BC deaths Year of birth unknown [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigranes Orontid
Tigranes () was a legendary Armenian prince, who was a contemporary of the Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great (). He appears in both the ''Cyropaedia'' of the Greek soldier and historian Xenophon (died 354 BC) and the ''History of Armenia'' of the 5th-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi (died 490s AD). In the former, he is based on the Persian hyparch Tigranes, while in the latter he was further altered, becoming an Armenian hero, who was the embodiment of the Armenian king Tigranes the Great () and the Iranian hero Fereydun. In historiography Tigranes appears in both the ''Cyropaedia'' of the Greek soldier and historian Xenophon (died 354 BC) and the ''History of Armenia'' of the 5th-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi (died 490s AD). The Iranian name of "Tigranes", which was theophoric in nature, was uncommon during the Achaemenid era (550 BC–330 BC). Only two historical figures are known to bear the name during that period. Xenophon According to the ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orontes I Sakavakyats
Orontes I Sakavakyats () was a legendary king of Armenia, who was the personification of the Orontid dynasty. In historiography Orontes appears in both in the ''Cyropaedia'' of the Greek soldier and historian Xenophon (died 354 BC) and the ''History of Armenia'' of the 5th-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi (died 490s AD). In the ''Cyropaedia'' Orontes is unnamed, whilst in the ''History of Armenia'' he is given the name of Orontes. Xenophon According to the ''Cyropaedia'' of Xenophon, the unnamed "king of Armenia" had agreed to provide troops and pay yearly tribute to the Median king Astyages after being defeated by him. When Media was invaded by the Chaldaeans during the reign of Astyages' son and successor Cyaxares, the "king of Armenia" refused to help to him as he was obliged. As a result, Cyrus, who was the son of Astyages' daughter Mandana, quickly led an expedition into Armenia. The "king of Armenia" sent his family, including his younger son Sabaris as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarmayr Haykazuni
Zarmayr () was a legendary Armenian patriarch descended from Hayk. He appears only in the history of Movses Khorenatsi (5th century or later), who writes that Zarmayr was sent by the Assyrian Teutamos to take part in the Trojan War on the side of the Trojans at the head of "a small Ethiopian army" and was killed (Khorenatsi adds: "by Achilles, I would like to think, and not by any other hero"). He was the successor of Hawroy and the predecessor of Perch as patriarch. According to Ferdinand Justi, his name is composed of the words 'family, line' and 'man'. H. Avkerian identifies Zarmayr with Memnon, who according to Eusebius and Diodorus Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian from Sicily. He is known for writing the monumental universal history '' Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which survive intact, b ... commanded an Assyrian and Ethiopian army in the Trojan War. The story of Zarmayr is repeated by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
