Armenia (Sasanian Empire)

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Period of Sassanid domain of the kingdom of Armenia.

Establishment

January 253: Around 252, during the reign of Trebonianus Gallus, King Chosroes II of Armenia was killed at the instigation of the Sassanids. The Armenian Kingdom therefore became a Persian protectorate, while his Chosroes' son Tiridates found refuge with the Romans.

Chronology

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1. Roman-Persian Wars

Were a series of Wars between Rome (first the Roman Republic then the Roman Empire and finally the Eastern Roman Empire) and Persia (the Parthian Empire, and then its successor, the Sasanian Empire). The wars were ended by the early Muslim conquests, which led to the fall of the Sasanian Empire and huge territorial losses for the Byzantine Empire.

January 287: According to Armenian sources, in the third year of the reign of Diocletian Tiridates was invested with the kingdom of Armenia. Diocletian's panegyric attests in that same year to a treaty between Diocletian and Persia, in which the Persian king Bahram II presumably recognized Tiridates III as king of Armenia. The gifts received by Bahram II were interpreted as symbols of a Roman victory over the Sassanids.

January 294: Also due to a civil war in Persia, the rebels of Tiridates managed not only to free Armenia from the Persian yoke but also to penetrate Assyria. However, when the civil war ended, the new shah Narses was able to regain control of Armenia with a successful military campaign. Again Tiridates lost his throne and fled back to Roman territory.

1.1.Military Campaigns of Shapur I in Syria and Mesopotamia

Was a military campaign by Sassanid King Shapur I against the Roman Empire.

1.2.Sasanian Campaign of Galerius

Was a military campaign by Roman Emperor Galerius against the Sasanian Empire.

January 299: Galerius, advancing through the mountains of Armenia, won a decisive victory over the Sasanian king Narses.

1.3.Military Campaigns of Shapur II in Syria and Mesopotamia

Was a military campaign by Sassanid King Shapur II against the Roman Empire.

January 335: In 334 the Armenian king was taken prisoner by Sapor II and taken to Persia, forcing the Armenians to invoke the help of Constantine I.

January 338: It seems that during the year (probably shortly after the death of Constantine on May 22), the Armenians revolted against the Sasanid domain, driving them out of their territories.

1.4.Sasanian Campaign of Julian

Was a military campaign by Roman Emperor Julian against the Sasanian Empire.

1.4.1.Perso-Roman Peace Treaty of 363

Was a peace treaty between the Romans and Sasanians in 363 AD.

January 364: Armenia becomes again a Sasanian protectorate.

1.5.Partition of Armenia (370)

Division of Armenia between the Romans and the Persians.

January 370: Valente sent the general Arinteo to restore Pope to the Armenian throne already the summer following the first action against the Goths (in 369?), also at the request of the Armenian nobility itself.

February 370: Sapor invaded Armenia.

January 371: Pope again managed to escape and was reinstated by the Romans escorted by a much larger force in 370.

1.6.Partition of Armenia (385)

Division of Armenia between the Romans and the Persians.

January 385: In 384, the kingdom of Armenia was divided into two regions: the western one was placed, as a protectorate, under the Eastern Roman Empire, while the eastern one was entrusted to the Persians. The western region became a province of the Roman Empire with the name of Armenia Minor, while the eastern part remained an independent kingdom, even if only formally, under Persian control.

1.7.Partition of Armenia (429)

Division of Armenia between the Romans and the Persians.

January 429: In 428 the Sasanids deposed the legitimate ruler by establishing their own dynasty.