Artaxata

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ancient city former capital city

Artaxata was an ancient city that served as a major political and cultural center of the Kingdom of Armenia.

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Label Occurrences
Artaxata canonical 8

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ
alternativeName Artashat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Artaxata-Artashat NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Artashat archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf Artaxiad dynasty of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Armenia under Tigranes the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Kingdom of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedBy Roman forces under Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo NERFINISHED ⓘ
destructionDate 58 AD ⓘ
excavatedBy Armenian archaeologists ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
foundedBy Artaxias I of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingDate 2nd century BC ⓘ
circa 176 BC ⓘ
greekName Artaxata NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature citadel ⓘ
craft workshops ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
urban street grid ⓘ
knownFor Hellenistic urban planning ⓘ
role in Armenian statehood ⓘ
strategic location on trade routes ⓘ
latinName Artaxata NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Ararat plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Khor Virap NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern village of Artashat ⓘ
locatedOn left bank of the Araks River ⓘ
namedAfter Artaxias I of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyModernCity Artashat NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf ancient Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
rebuiltBy Tiridates I of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
region historic Ayrarat province of Armenia ⓘ
replacedBy Dvin as capital of Armenia ⓘ
Vagharshapat as capital of Armenia ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
cultural center of the Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
political center of the Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
situatedAt foothills of the Ararat mountains ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century BC to early Middle Ages ⓘ
underControlOf Artaxiad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Kingdom of Armenia → capital → Artaxata ⓘ
Capture of Artaxata → location → Artaxata ⓘ
Capture of Artaxata → capitalCaptured → Artaxata ⓘ
Artashat (Armenia) → ancientName → Artaxata ⓘ
subject surface form: Artashat
Tigranes the Great → capital → Artaxata ⓘ
Tigranes the Great → associatedWithCity → Artaxata ⓘ
Artaxiad dynasty → capital → Artaxata ⓘ
Arsacid dynasty of Armenia → capital → Artaxata ⓘ