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...

Dona Armênia (Arakel Tchobanian Giovani), character in the Brazilian telenovela Rainha da Sucata played by actress Aracy Balabanian, of Armenian descent...

Mongol advance. In 1289, Angelo da Clareno and a few other Spiritual Franciscans arrived to missionize among the Armenian Christians. They had been repeatedly...

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...

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...

d-a-r-y-v-u-š). The longer Persian form is reflected in the Elamite Da-ri-(y)a-ma-u-iš, Babylonian Da-(a-)ri-ia-(a-)muš, and Aramaic drywhwš (𐡃𐡓𐡉𐡅𐡄𐡅𐡔) forms...

the later Tiridates I of Armenia, on the throne. Rhadamistus was eventually driven from power, and, beginning with the reign of Tiridates, Parthia would...

Noè Bordignon depicts the saint performing the baptism of the Armenian king Tiridates III. The altarpiece dedicated to the mother of Jesus depicts the...

III. Tacitus, Annals, I-II. Velleius Paterculus, History of Rome, II. AAVV (1975). Cambridge Ancient History. L'impero romano da Augusto agli Antonini...

Tigranes, and Tiridates. Other names are either Urartian (Haldita- in the Bīsotūn inscription) or obscure and unknown in literate times in Armenia (Araxa- in...