Josephus noted "She [Queen Alexandra] was a sagacious woman…she increased the army the one half, and procured a great body of foreign troops, till her own nation became not only very powerful at home, but terrible also to foreign potentates." The Syrian mints also issued coins depicting the Emperor, King of Kings Tigran the Great. The ranges of the Lesser Caucasus prevent humid air masses from reaching the inner regions of Armenia. Birds—woodcock, robin, warbler, titmouse, and woodpecker—are numerous. Like the Seleucids, the bulk of Tigranes' army were foot soldiers. XIII.xvi.4]. In 1914, the Turks entered World War I on the side of Germany and the Austro … During the Byzantine–Sasanian wars, Armenia was ultimately partitioned into Byzantine Armenia in 387 and Persian Armenia in 428. segments in the Armenian people is best of all illustrated by the fact that
In 301, Tiridates III proclaimed Christianity as the state religion of Armenia, making the Armenian kingdom the first state to embrace Christianity officially. "Legio Armeniaca" translates from Latin as "Armenian Legion" and "prima" as "first". Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. This control lasted until the Russian Revolution. Until the early 20th century the Armenians were primarily an agricultural people. The oldest known ancestors of modern Armenians, the
Under Nero, the Romans fought a campaign (55–63) against the Parthian Empire, which had invaded the Kingdom of Armenia, allied with the Romans. Երկն ի ծովուն ունէր և զկարմրիկն եղեգնիկ։ 65-66. Invasions of Arctic air sometimes cause the temperature to drop sharply: the record low is −51° F (−46° C). Artaxias I was not able to reunite Lesser Armenia, Corduene, and Sophene, something completed by his grandson Tigranes the Great. During the Roman Republic's eastern expansion, the Kingdom of Armenia, under Tigranes the Great, reached its peak, from 83 to 69 BC, after it reincorporated Sophene and conquered the remaining territories of the falling Seleucid Empire, effectively ending its existence and raising Armenia into an empire for a brief period, until it was itself conquered by Rome in 69 BC. The group of Armenian cavalry whose main mission was the protection of the Armenian king and his family consisted of 6000 heavily armored horsemen in the ancient period, and 3000 horsemen in the medieval period. The portion of Armenia lying within the former Russian Empire declared independence on May 28, 1918, but in 1920 it was invaded by forces from Turkey and Soviet Russia. Much of Armenia’s soil—formed partly by residues of volcanic lava—is rich in nitrogen, potash, and phosphates. The legion seemed to have survived this battle, because it appears in Notitia Dignitatum, which was written in the 5th century. In travail were heaven and earth, Mach Chahin (2001). In the central region they reach 6,600 to 7,200 feet and in the south are found as high as 7,900 to 8,200 feet. L'imprimerie étant interdite dans l'Empire ottoman, on publie les premiers imprimés arméniens à Venise en 1512 : Urbatagirk est ainsi le premier livre imprimé en arménien, par Hakob Meghapart. The status of Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave of 1,700 square miles (4,400 square km) in southwestern Azerbaijan populated primarily by Armenians, was from 1988 the source of bitter conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This Legion was mentioned in the late-antique text known as Notitia Dignitatum. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! Under the Seleucid Empire (312–63 BC), the Armenian throne was divided in two – Armenia Maior and Sophene – both of which passed to members of the Artaxiad dynasty in 189 BC.