Osroene

This article is about the specific polity Osroene and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Osroene, or Edessa, was one of several states that acquired independence from the collapsing Seleucid Empire through a dynasty of the nomadic Nabataean Arab tribe from Southern Canaan and North Arabia, the Osrhoeni, from 136 BC.

Establishment

January 131 BC: Osroene, or Edessa, was one of several states that acquired independence from the collapsing Seleucid Empire through a dynasty of the nomadic Nabataean Arab tribe from Southern Canaan and North Arabia, the Osrhoeni, from 136 BC.

Chronology

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1. Campaigns of Tigranes the Great

Military conquests of Armenian King Tigranes the Great.

January 87 BC: In -88, Osorene was conquered by Tigranes II of Armenia. Osorene was a region located in present-day eastern Syria and western Iraq. Tigranes II was a powerful ruler of the Kingdom of Armenia, known for his military conquests and expansion of his empire.