Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 553 BCE – 428 CE

Kingdom of Armenia

A state of 553 BCE – 428 CE — 981 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Satrapy of Armenia. It was followed by Sasanian Armenia. The atlas records 13 things within it — wars and battles 6 · people 7. Its line of rulers holds 43 people, 42 with dated terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
981 years
553 BCE – 428
Rulers
43
the monarch
Most ground
519,300 km²
in 77 BCE
Within it
13
recorded rows
Symbols
3
on record, with years
Map: Kingdom of Armenia in 77 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Kingdom of Armenia in 77 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 519,300 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Kingdom of Armenia in 326 BCE, first mapped

326 BCE · first mapped · 241,500 km²

Kingdom of Armenia in 77 BCE, at its largest

77 BCE · at its largest · 519,300 km²

Kingdom of Armenia in 402, last mapped

402 · last mapped · 143,500 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Kingdom of Armenia: 553 BCE – 428

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

  • Satrapy of Armenia · replaces

After it

  • Sasanian Armenia · followed by

Rulers

The line of monarch.

Smbat II of Armenia · 977 BCE – 89 BCE · no death date to read the end againstAshot III of Armenia · 953 BCE – 77 BCE · no death date to read the end againstMithrenes · 331 BCE – 321 BCE · no death date to read the end againstOrontes III · 321 BCE – 260 BCE · no death date to read the end againstArsames I · 260 BCE – 228 BCE · no death date to read the end againstOrontes IV · 212 BCE – 200 BCE · no death date to read the end againstArtaxias I of Armenia · 189 BCE – 160 BCE · no death date to read the end againstArtavasdes I of Armenia · 160 BCE – 115 BCE · no death date to read the end againstTigranes I · 120 BCE – 95 BCE · no death date to read the end againstTigranes the Great · 95 BCE – 55 BCE · no death date to read the end againstArtavasdes II of Armenia · 55 BCE – 34 BCE · no death date to read the end againstAlexander Helios · 34 BCE – 30 BCE · no death date to read the end againstArtaxias II · 30 BCE – 20 BCE · no death date to read the end againstTigranes III · 20 BCE – 8 BCE · no death date to read the end againstTigranes IV · 8 BCE – 5 BCE · no death date to read the end againstErato of Armenia · 8 BCE – 5 BCE · abdicated, the article saysAriobarzanes II of Atropatene · 2 – 4 · no death date to read the end againstArtavasdes IV · 4 – 6 · no death date to read the end againstTigranes V of Armenia · 6 – 12 · no death date to read the end againstVonones I of Parthia · 12 – 18 · no death date to read the end againstArtaxias III · 18 – 34 · no death date to read the end againstTiridates I of Armenia · 52 – 58 · no death date to read the end againstKhosrov II of Armenia · 80 – 287 · no death date to read the end againstParthamasiris of Armenia · 113 – 114 · no death date to read the end againstVologases I of Armenia · 117 – 117 · no death date to read the end againstBakur · 161 – 163 · no death date to read the end againstVologases V · 180 – 191 · no death date to read the end againstKhosrov I of Armenia · 198 – 216 · no death date to read the end againstTiridates II of Armenia · 217 – 217 · no death date to read the end againstHormizd I · 270 – 270 · no death date to read the end againstNarseh · 271 – 293 · no death date to read the end againstTiridates III of Armenia · 298 – 298 · no death date to read the end againstKhosrov III the Small · 330 – 330 · no death date to read the end againstTiran of Armenia · 338 – 338 · no death date to read the end againstArshak II · 350 – 367 · no death date to read the end againstPap of Armenia · 370 – 374 · no death date to read the end againstVarazdat · 374 – 374 · no death date to read the end againstArshak III · 378 – 378 · no death date to read the end againstKhosrov IV of Armenia · 384 – 384 · no death date to read the end againstVramshapuh · 389 – 389 · no death date to read the end againstShapur IV · 415 – 420 · no death date to read the end againstArtaxias IV · 422 – 428 · no death date to read the end against400 BCE200 BCE1200400
deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Smbat II of Armenia977 BCE – 89 BCE888 yearsending not on record
Ashot III of Armenia953 BCE – 77 BCE876 yearsending not on recordparent
Mithrenes331 BCE – 321 BCE10 yearsending not on record
Orontes III321 BCE – 260 BCE61 yearsending not on recordchild
Arsames I260 BCE – 228 BCE32 yearsending not on record
Orontes IV212 BCE – 200 BCE12 yearsending not on record
Artaxias I of Armenia189 BCE – 160 BCE29 yearsending not on record
Artavasdes I of Armenia160 BCE – 115 BCE45 yearsending not on recordchild
Tigranes I120 BCE – 95 BCE25 yearsending not on recordsibling
Tigranes the Great95 BCE – 55 BCE40 yearsending not on recordchild
Artavasdes II of Armenia55 BCE – 34 BCE21 yearsending not on recordchild
Alexander Helios34 BCE – 30 BCE4 yearsending not on record
Artaxias II30 BCE – 20 BCE10 yearsending not on record
Tigranes III20 BCE – 8 BCE12 yearsending not on recordsibling
Tigranes IV8 BCE – 5 BCE3 yearsending not on recordchild
Erato of Armenia8 BCE – 5 BCE3 yearsabdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlesibling
Ariobarzanes II of Atropatene2 – 42 yearsending not on record
Artavasdes IV4 – 62 yearsending not on recordchild
Tigranes V of Armenia6 – 126 yearsending not on record
Vonones I of Parthia12 – 186 yearsending not on record
Artaxias III18 – 3416 yearsending not on record
Tiridates I of Armenia52 – 586 yearsending not on record
Khosrov II of Armenia80 – 287207 yearsending not on record
Parthamasiris of Armenia113 – 1141 yearending not on record
Vologases I of Armenia117 – 117under a yearending not on record
Bakur161 – 1632 yearsending not on record
Vologases V180 – 19111 yearsending not on record
Khosrov I of Armenia198 – 21618 yearsending not on record
Tiridates II of Armenia217 – 217under a yearending not on recordchild
Hormizd I270 – 270under a yearending not on record
Narseh271 – 29322 yearsending not on recordsibling
Tiridates III of Armenia298 – 298under a yearending not on record
Khosrov III the Small330 – 330under a yearending not on recordchild
Tiran of Armenia338 – 338under a yearending not on recordchild
Arshak II350 – 36717 yearsending not on recordchild
Pap of Armenia370 – 3744 yearsending not on recordchild
Varazdat374 – 374under a yearending not on record
Arshak III378 – 378under a yearending not on record
Khosrov IV of Armenia384 – 384under a yearending not on record
Vramshapuh389 – 389under a yearending not on recordsibling
Shapur IV415 – 4205 yearsending not on record
Artaxias IV422 – 4286 yearsending not on record

43 rulers, 42 with terms dated as terms, covering 977 BCE – 428. Median reign 6 years. 5 of 41 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

200 BCE1200400

242,100 km² in 303 BCE, 143,500 km² in 428; at its largest 300,400 km² in 78 BCE. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Standard of the Artaxiad dynasty
    flag, undatedStandard of the Artaxiad dynasty · Public domain
  • Artaxiad coat of arms by PeopleOfAr
    flag, undatedArtaxiad coat of arms by PeopleOfAr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Freeanthony (Author: PeopleOfAr, Date published: 01-30-2017)
  • Artaxiad Dynasty Coat of Arms
    coat of arms, undatedArtaxiad Dynasty Coat of Arms · CC BY 4.0 · Athoremmes

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

600 BCE – 501 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other600 BCE500 BCE – 401 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other500 BCE400 BCE – 301 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other400 BCE300 BCE – 201 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other300 BCE200 BCE – 101 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other200 BCE100 BCE – 1 BCE: 2 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other100 BCE0 – 99: 2 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other0100 – 199: 2 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other100200 – 299: 2 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other200300 – 399: 4 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other300400 – 499: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other400

100 BCE – 1 BCE2 rows · 2 wars and battles

0 – 992 rows · 2 wars and battles

100 – 1992 rows

200 – 2992 rows · 1 wars and battles

300 – 3994 rows · 1 wars and battles

400 – 4991 row

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood981 years

    stood longer than 97% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held519,300 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 75% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century0.2

    had more wars on record per century than 90% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median6 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 22% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record43

    has more rulers on record than 97% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Satrapy of Armenia · Linked · 570 BCE – 200 BCESatrapy of ArmeniaUrartu · In the article · 865 BCE · “The first state to rule over a significant part of the Armenian Highlands was the Kingdom of Urartu, also known as the Kingdom of Van or Ararat and called Bia…”UrartuAssyria · In the article · 2025 BCE · “The kingdom competed with Assyria over supremacy in the highlands of Ararat and the Fertile Crescent. Both kingdoms fell to Iranian invaders from the east (th…”AssyriaKingdom of Armenia · 553 BCE – 428Kingdom of ArmeniaSasanian Armenia · Linked · 428 – 642Sasanian Armenia2000 BCE1500 BCE1000 BCE500 BCE1500
in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q208404 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.