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    Tiridates I (Parthian: 𐭕𐭉𐭓𐭉𐭃𐭕, Tīridāt; Ancient Greek: Τιριδάτης, Tiridátes) was King of Armenia beginning in 53 AD and the founder of the Arsacid...
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    Tiridates III (c. 250s – c. 330), also known as Tiridates the Great or Tiridates IV, was the Armenian Arsacid king from c. 298 to c. 330. In the early...
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    Client King of Armenia. Tiridates II was the son and heir of the Armenian King Khosrov I.[failed verification] Between 214 and 216, Tiridates II and his family...
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    and Tiridates III, Christianity was adopted as the state religion by Tiridates III after he was converted by Gregory the Illuminator. Armenia's adoption...
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    (Խոսրով Քաջ) was an Armenian king from the Arsacid dynasty in the mid-third century. Khosrov II was the son of Tiridates II, King of Armenia, and followed his...
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  • convinced Tiridates III, the king of Armenia, to convert to Christianity. Before this, the dominant religion was Armenian paganism. The Armenian Apostolic...
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  • Khosrov I died, his son Tiridates II, was granted the Armenian crown by the Roman emperor Caracalla. Tiridates II was declared King of Armenia upon Caracalla's...
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    illustrates the Armenian Arsacids' observance of the cult is the famous journey of Tiridates I to Rome in A.D. 65–66. Tiridates I, brother of Vologases I of Parthia...
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    institutions. The Kingdom of Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion under the rule of King Tiridates III, of the Arsacid dynasty...
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  • (in western Armenia), son of Tiridates II?, enthroned by the Romans after Narseh ceded parts of western Armenia to Emperor Probus Tiridates (III), 287–298...
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    Garni Temple (category Archaeological sites in Armenia)
    structure was probably built by king Tiridates I in the first century AD as a temple to the sun god Mihr. After Armenia's conversion to Christianity in the...
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    Caesarea of Cappadocia. Gregory returned to Armenia as an adult and entered the service of King Tiridates III, who had Gregory tortured after he refused...
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    centuries, Armenia was in the Persian Empire's sphere of influence during the reign of Tiridates I, the founder of the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia, which itself...
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    Vologases I of Parthia, which confirmed Tiridates I as king of Armenia, thus founding the Arshakuni dynasty. The Arsacid dynasty lost control of Armenia for...
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  • eighth ruler after Varaz-Grigor, the first prince of Albania". Varaz-Tiridates’ widow, however, succeeded in fleeing to Artsalkh with her daughter Sparama...
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    Sanatruces) was a member of the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia who succeeded Tiridates I of Armenia as King of Armenia at the end of the 1st century. He was also...
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    king in 51 and she became his queen. Armenians revolted soon after and, with the Parthian support of prince Tiridates I, forced both to flee back to Iberia...
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  • 52/53, the Parthians succeeded in installing their own candidate, Tiridates, on the Armenian throne. These events coincided with the accession of Nero to the...
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    co-ruler Zenobia, daughter of Mithridates of Armenia, and wife of Rhadamistus Ashkhen, wife of Tiridates III of Armenia Pharantzem, wife of Arsaces II (Arshak...
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    inscription on his cenotaph: Leon de Lizingnen quint. In 1365, Pope Urban V selected Leo as the potential ruler of Cilician Armenia, but Constantine IV ascended...
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  • Anahit. Christianity spread into the country as early as AD 40. Tiridates III of Armenia (238–314) made Christianity the state religion in 301, partly,...
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    convinced Tiridates III, the king of Armenia, to convert to Christianity. As a consequence of Diocletian's victory over the Sassanids, all of Armenia was once...
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    spouse Zenobia. When Tiridates returned the same year, he was declared king of Armenia instead. However Parthian control over Armenia was unacceptable to...
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    Eventually, the Parthians signed a treaty with Corbulo to install Tiridates I as King of Armenia as long as he goes to Rome to be crowned by Nero. In 63 Tigranes...
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    Isabella (Armenian: Զապել; 27 January 1216/ 25 January 1217 – 23 January 1252), also Isabel or Zabel, was queen regnant of Armenian Cilicia from 1219...
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  • short, small") was the king of Arsacid Armenia c. 330–338/339. Khosrov was the son and successor of King Tiridates III. Khosrov received the epithet Kotak...
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  • Orodes of Armenia 37-42 AD Mithridates of Armenia 42-51 AD Tiridates I of Armenia 52–58 AD Tigranes VI of Armenia ???-??? Axidares of Armenia 110-113 AD...
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    Hethum I (Armenian: Հեթում Ա; 1213 – 21 October 1270) ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (also known as "Little Armenia") from 1226 to 1270. He was...
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    4th century Armenia, under king Tiridates III, became the first country to adopt Christianity as a state religion. A large number of Armenian monks are...
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  • at Edessa, c. 1st century Tiridates III of Armenia, King of Armenia, in 301 Ezana of Axum, King of Aksum, 320 Constantine I, Roman emperor, in 337 Mirian...
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