Kingdom of Armenia

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ancient kingdom historical state monarchy

The Kingdom of Armenia was an ancient monarchy in the Armenian Highlands that served as a major political and cultural center in the Near East, at times forming a powerful regional empire between the Roman and Persian worlds.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Armenia canonical 37
Armenia (ancient kingdom) 1
Armenia (as overlord through client kings) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
borderedBy Parthian Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
capital Ani ⓘ
Armavir Province ⓘ
surface form: Armavir

Artaxata ⓘ
Tigranocerta ⓘ
Yervandashat ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culture Armenian culture ⓘ
currency Armenian drachm ⓘ
ethnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
floruit 1st century AD ⓘ
1st century BC ⓘ
followedBy Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ⓘ
Bagratid Armenia ⓘ
Marzpanate of Armenia ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasPart Greater Armenia ⓘ
Armenia Minor ⓘ
surface form: Lesser Armenia
heritage predecessor of modern Armenia ⓘ
knownFor being a buffer state between Rome and Persia ⓘ
regional power in the Near East ⓘ
locatedIn Armenian Highlands ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Near East
notableRuler Artavasdes II ⓘ
Artaxias I ⓘ
Ashot I Bagratuni ⓘ
surface form: Ashot I

Tigranes the Great ⓘ
Tiridates III of Armenia ⓘ
surface form: Tiridates III
officialLanguage Classical Armenian ⓘ
partOf Ancient Near East ⓘ
precededBy Orontid dynasty ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
religion Armenian paganism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
rulingDynasty Arsacid dynasty of Armenia ⓘ
Artaxiad dynasty ⓘ
Bagrationi dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Bagratid dynasty

Orontid dynasty ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of Christianity as state religion ⓘ
expansion under Tigranes the Great ⓘ
stateReligionAdopted Christianity in early 4th century ⓘ
strategicPositionBetween Persian empires ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
writingSystem Armenian alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Georgia → borderedBy → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Apostle Bartholomew → associatedWith → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Armenia
Mesrop Mashtots → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Kingdom of Pontus → alliedWith → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Mithridates VI Eupator → alliedWith → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Armenian alphabet → developedIn → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Sasanian Empire → rival → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Kingdom of Iberia → borderedBy → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Seleucid Empire → followedBy → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Kingdom of Cappadocia → borderedBy → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Caucasian Albania → borderedBy → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenia (ancient kingdom)
Gregory the Illuminator → birthPlace → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Gregory the Illuminator → deathPlace → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Gregory the Illuminator → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Tiridates III of Armenia → country → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Sophene → partOf → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Sophene → conqueredBy → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Armenia under Tigranes the Great
Vagharshapat → wasCapitalOf → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Armenia (ancient, for a period)
Hatsekats, Armenia → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
subject surface form: Mesrop Mashtots
Christianization of Armenia → country → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Vaspurakan → country → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Sassanian Armenia → follows → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Sassanian Armenia → follows → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arsacid Armenia
Bagaran → politicalEntityHistorical → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Ani → country → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenia (historical)
Armavir Province → historicalCapitalOf → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Kingdom of Armenia
Gagik II of Armenia → country → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Rusudan of Armenia → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Dvin → partOf → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Sahak Partev → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Third Mithridatic War → belligerent → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Vologases IV of Parthia → ruledOver → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenia (as overlord through client kings)
Capture of Artaxata → participant → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Capture of Artaxata → belligerent → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Armenian → firstChristianStateClaim → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
subject surface form: Armenians
Armenian → historicalState → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
subject surface form: Armenians
Armenian principalities → precededBy → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)
Tigranes the Great → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
King of Armenia (titular) → basedOn → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Artaxiad dynasty → country → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Arsacid dynasty of Armenia → country → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Mithridates II of Parthia → foreignRelations → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
King of Pontus → diplomaticRelation → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Vologases I of Parthia → territorialDispute → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Tigranes V of Armenia → country → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Pompey’s Eastern campaigns → opposedBy → Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ