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Tigranocerta (Gr****: Τιγρανόκερτα, Tigranόkerta; Tigranakert; Armenian: Տիգրանակերտ), also
called Cholimma or
Chlomaron in antiquity, was a city and the...
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Battle of
Tigranocerta (Armenian: Տիգրանակերտի ճակատամարտ,
Tigranakerti tchakatamart) was
fought on 6
October 69 BC
between the
forces of the Roman...
- His
forces quickly seized the two
capitals of Armenia,
Artaxata and
Tigranocerta, and put his
younger brother Tiridates on the throne. The
onset of a...
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famously during the
Siege of
Cyzicus in 73–72 BC, and at the
Battle of
Tigranocerta in
Armenian Arzanene in 69 BC. His
command style received unusually favourable...
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inhabitants of
conquered cities were
forcibly relocated to his new capital,
Tigranocerta. An
admirer of the Gr**** culture,
Tigranes invited many Gr**** rhetoricians...
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territory from the
Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. He
built a new
capital Tigranocerta and po****ted it with
people deported from Cappadocia. His
initial invasions...
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defeat the army of
Tigranes II of
Armenia in the
Battle of
Tigranocerta, and
capture Tigranocerta,
capital of Armenia. Consuls:
Quintus Caecilius Metellus...
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Pompeii (February 5). The
Parthians invade Armenia and lay
siege to
Tigranocerta. The city is well-fortified and
garrisoned by the Romans. The ****ault...
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times between Rome and Persia.
Corduene was
situated to the east of
Tigranocerta, that is, to the east and
south of present-day Diyarbakır in south-eastern...
- Artaxata,
which he had destro****. The
following year (59) he
conquered Tigranocerta in
southern Armenia,
where he wintered.
Tiridates took
advantage of this...
