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Tigranes the Great

king of Armenia

6 dated entries naming Tigranes the Great, drawn from 6 separate years between 189 BCE and 55 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century BC

  • 189 BCEThe territory of Artsakh first became known for being inhabited by Armenians-notably within the city of Tigranakert, one of four cities named after Tigranes the Great in the ancient Armenian empire.source
  • 140 BCETigranes the Great, king of Armenia (d. 55 BC)source

1st century BC

  • 95 BCETigranes the Great becomes king of Armeniasource
  • 92 BCESulla repulses Tigranes of Armenia from Cappadocia.source
  • 83 BCETigranes the Great, King of Armenia was invited by a faction in the Seleucid civil wars, entered Syria and effectively ended Seleucid rule. Though a weakened Seleucid monarchy was briefly restored after Roman victories, ongoing instability led Pompey to abolish the dynasty and annex Syria as a Roman province in 63 BC.source
  • 55 BCETigranes the Great, Armenian Emperor (b. c. 140 BC)source

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