Polity · 326 BCE – 646 CE
Kingdom of Armenia
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- Peak recorded area
- 519,255 km²
- 77 BCE
- Data series
- 2
- 325 BCE–369 CE
Overview
The Kingdom of Greater Armenia or simply Greater Armenia or Armenia Major, sometimes referred to as the Armenian Empire under Tigranes II, was an Armenian kingdom in the Ancient Near East which existed from 331 BC to 428 AD. Its history is divided into the successive reigns of three royal dynasties: Orontid (331–200 BC), Artaxiad, and Arsacid (52–428).
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Territory
33 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 646 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Known Ancient Places3 obs · 325 BCE–369 CE | 205places369 CE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
| Known Ancient Settlements3 obs · 325 BCE–369 CE | 96settlements369 CE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Aramaic, Armenian, Greek
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Pleiades Gazetteer2024 snapshot
Bagnall, R. et al. (eds.). Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places.
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Kingdom of Armenia is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.