Mar 15, 2017
“This is Tigranes. He’s my friend because we both know what it’s like for people to be jealous of us.”
Mithridates VI
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“This is Tigranes. He’s my friend because we both know what it’s like for people to be jealous of us.”
Mithridates VI
69 a. C. – Batalla de Tigranocerta
69 a. C. – Batalla de Tigranocerta
La batalla de Tigranocerta se libró el 6 de octubre de 69 a. C. entre la República Romana y el rey Tigranes el Grande de Armenia. Las fuerzas romanas estaban dirigidas por el cónsul Lucio Licinio Lúculo que derrotó a Tigranes y tomó Tigranocerta, su capital, tras la batalla.
La batalla fue parte de la Tercera Guerra Mitridática entre la República de Roma y Mitrídates VI del Ponto, suegro de…
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Shahbulag Castle in Nagorno Karabakh was built by a Persian khan in 1752. It's also called Tigranakert Castle in honor of 1st century BC Armenian ruler Tigranes the Great.
Tigranes II of Armenia (King of Armenia c.95-56 BC, ruler in Syria 83-69 BC), AR Tetradrachm, 15.90g, Antioch. Diademed, draped bust right, wearing Armenian tiara ornamented with star between two eagles / BASILEWS TIGRANOU, Tyche of Antioch seated right on rocks, holding palm-branch, before her swims the river-god Orontes, monogram on rocks, all within wreath. Bedoukian 36.
This extraordinarily high quality coin comes from one of the many eastern kings to vex the Roman Empire in their long history. Tigranes the Great, for a time, held a vast amount of territory, stretching from Syria and the coast of the Mediterranean to the foot hills of the Caucasus Mountains and the coast of the Caspian Sea.
Tigranes fought against the expanding Romans to protect his boarders and though he lost to the Roman general Lucullus at the battle of Tigranocerta, he continued to resist both the Romans and the Persians in defense of his kingdom. He ultimately made an uneasy and embarrassing peace with Pompey Magnus which allowed him to keep his kingdom, now much reduced, until this death in 55 BC.
It has been suggested that the star on his crown may be an early representation of Halley’s Comet, which appeared in 87 BC.
Coin of Tigranes V of Armenia (ca AD 6-16) Left bust of Tigranes V. Right, Vahagn holding club set on ground and lion skin.
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