TIGRANES

tīgrāˈnēz, c.140 b.c.–55 b.c., king of Armenia (c.96 b.c.–55 b.c.), called also Tigranes I and Tigranes the Great. By an alliance with his father-in-law, Mithradates VI of Pontus, he was able to extend his conquests across Asia Minor. He founded Tigranocerta (the modern Siirt, Turkey) as the capital of his large empire, but he and Mithradates were at war with Rome, and in 69 b.c. Lucullus captured Tigranocerta. Pompey with the aid of Tigranes' son vanquished Tigranes, who lost all his conquests and had to pay tribute to Rome.

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Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World - Vol. 1
Book by Frank N. Magill; Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998
Subjects: World History
At the same time, Tigranes ally Mithradates responded to the provocation...with Asia Minor temporarily quiet, Tigranes moved against the tottering Seleucid...the borders of Egypt became a part of Tigranes empire. Tigranes was now at the height...
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The Pre-Islamic Middle East
Book by Martin Sicker; Praeger Publishers, 2000
Subjects: Middle East--History--To 622
invade Armenia. This forced Tigranes to abort his campaign of conquest...As Josephus noted: "News came to Tigranes, that Lucullus, in his pursuit...besieging its cities. Now, when Tigranes knew this, he returned home...
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The Pre-Islamic Middle East
Book by Martin Sicker; Praeger, 2000
invade Armenia. This forced Tigranes to abort his campaign of conquest...As Josephus noted: News came to Tigranes, that Lucullus, in his pursuit...besieging its cities. Now, when Tigranes knew this, he returned home. 3...
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A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium
Book by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh; Macmillan, 1912
Subjects: Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C
...which he sent once more to demand the hospitality of Tigranes. But Tigranes was in no case to help him, and with no inclination...his capital, Artaxata, accompanied by the younger Tigranes. As the winter was approaching, Phraates left the...
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Lucullus: A Life
Book by Arthur Keaveney; Routledge, 1992
...must wait as the king was away. Now, Tigranes had good reason for being absent since...they were not as great in the eyes of Tigranes as they were in their own. Let their...might meet with him. I do not know if Tigranes intended his actions to be interpreted...
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The Multiple Plot in Fletcherian Tragicomedies
Journal article by Mark E. Bingham; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 33, 1993
Subjects: Comedy--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...subplots tests the love of the captive King Tigranes for his betrothed Spaconia; the comic...Arbaces interference) to the love of Tigranes and Spaconia and the divine prohibition...more serious subplot, that involving Tigranes. The first scene, which forces us to...
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The Ambitions of Quintus Labienus 'parthicus' *
Journal article by John Curran; Antichthon, Vol. 41, 2007
Subjects: Civil war
...Parthians.22 When Mithradates of Pontus and Tigranes of Armenia made overtures to the Parthian...in pursuance of operations against Tigranes, staged an attack upon Nisibis in Mesopotamia...Phraates diplomacy with Mithradates and Tigranes.28 However, when the internal politics...
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The Tamer Tamed
Journal article by Jeremy Lopez; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 23, 2005
Subjects: Staunton, Virginia, The Tamer Tamed (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...Schoen (Arbaces), Thadd McQuade (Tigranes), Sarah Fallon (Panthea), Miriam...discovers his daughter with the captive king Tigranes and moves, in the space of maybe five...unexpectedly, and effectively, understated Tigranes, and is to be commended for being the...
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'A Fanatical Yet Rational Devotion' Augustus and the Legions
Journal article by Ronald T. Ridley; Antichthon, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: Armed forces
...and the triple triumph for the pirates, Mithradates and Tigranes in 61 (Plut. Pomp. 435). Another ingenious attempt to...went awry with the death of the pro-Roman king of Armenia, Tigranes, in 6 BC. This resulted in a confrontation with Parthia...
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Testing the Legend: Horace, Silius Italicus and the Case of Marcus Atilius Regulus
Journal article by Gareth Williams; Antichthon, Vol. 38, 2004
Subjects: Diplomatic & consular services
...East late in 22, Augustus instructed Tiberius to proceed with his army through Macedonia to Armenia, and there to install Tigranes as client-king. Threatened by this display of force and fearful for his own chances of survival if the Romans invaded Parthia...
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Mithradates Scourage of Rome: The Legendary Ruler of Pontus and Creator of a Formidable Black Sea Empire Was, until Recently, One of the Most Celebrated Figures of the Classical World, a Hero of Opera, Drama and Poetry. Adrienne Mayor, Author of a New Study of the 'Poison King', Explains Why
Magazine article by Adrienne Mayor; History Today, Vol. 59, December 2009
Subjects: Kings and rulers--Biography, Kings--Biography, Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus--Biography
...senator heading the insurgency in Spain; Tigranes of Armenia, ruler of vast dominions...elude capture. Mithradates and his ally Tigranes combined forces and turned to guerrilla...why memories of both Mithradates and Tigranes have been suppressed in Turkey, which...
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Rescue on the Euphrates
Magazine article by Richard Hodges; History Today, Vol. 50, December 2000
Subjects: Zeugma, Turkey--History
...The Hellenistic king of Syria, Antiochus III, held his wedding at Zeugma in 221 BC; 150 years later, the Armenian king, Tigranes the Great, ordered the execution of Cleopatra Selene, a Hellenistic princess, there. In 53 BC the Roman general Crassus...


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Tigranes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TIGRANES tigra nez, c.140 b.c. 55 b.c., king of Armenia (c.96 b.c. 55 b.c.), called also Tigranes I and Tigranes the Great. By an alliance with his father-in-law, Mithradates...
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Lucullus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...withdrew into Pontus but the following year (72 b.c.) was forced by Lucullus into Armenia, where he took refuge with King Tigranes. Lucullus then applied himself to the establishment of order in Asia, provoking great unpopularity in Rome by reforming the...
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Cappadocia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...maintained itself largely by siding with Rome. Invaded in 104 b.c. by Mithradates VI and c.90 b.c. by his son-in-law, Tigranes of Armenia, Cappadocia was restored by Pompey. Antony replaced the king, who had been disloyal to Rome in the Parthian invasion...
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Damascus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...gained control of the city, although the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt tried to wrest it from them. When Seleucid power waned, Tigranes of Armenia took Damascus; but after his surrender to the Romans, Damascus passed (64 b.c.) into the Roman Empire under...
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Mithradates VI
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...last of his provinces. He had a slave kill him. His fall is the subject of Racines Mithridate. Pharnaces II was his son and Tigranes, his son-in-law. The name is also spelled Mithridates. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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