City plan of Artaxata's hill I and its fortifications.

Artaxata (also spelt Artashat), was a city on the Araks River in the Ararat valley, founded by Artashes in 166 BC. Strabo and Plutarch described it as a large and beautiful city, terming it as the "Armenian Carthage". Until the 5th century, Artaxata was the principal political and cultural center of Armenia. It is the site of the modern city of Yerevan. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x614, 61 KB)The image was obtained from this location: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x614, 61 KB)The image was obtained from this location: http://www. ... Aras, Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz (Persian: ارس, Azerbaijani: Araz), is a river rising in Anatolia in Turkey, flowing along the Turkey-Armenia border, then along the Azerbaijan-Iran border, entering Azerbaijan, and falling into Kura river as a right tributary. ... Artaxias (also called Artaxes or Artashes) was the name of three kings of Armenia: Artaxias I, reigned 190 BCE – 159 BCE Artaxias II, reigned 34 BCE – 20 BCE Artaxias III, reigned 18 CE – 35 CE This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share... Strabo (squinty) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. ... Mestrius Plutarch (c. ... A map of the central Mediterranean Sea, showing the location of Carthage (near modern Tunis). ... Yerevan, Armenia Yerevan (Armenian: ÔµÖ€Õ¥Õ¾Õ¡Õ¶ or ÔµÖ€Ö‡Õ¡Õ¶; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erivan and Erebuni) (population: 1,201,539 (1989 census); 1,088,300 (2004 estimate)[1]) is the largest city and capital of Armenia. ...

Artaxata was founded around 190 BC by Artashes (Artaxias) I at the entrance to the plainlands of the River Araxes, at a point where the watercourse forms a near peninsula. The site is said to have been chosen and developed on the advise of Hannibal: Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC - 190s BC - 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC Years: 195 BC 194 BC 193 BC 192 BC 191 BC - 190 BC - 189 BC 188 BC... Artaxias (also called Artaxes or Artashes) was the name of three kings of Armenia: Artaxias I, reigned 190 BCE – 159 BCE Artaxias II, reigned 34 BCE – 20 BCE Artaxias III, reigned 18 CE – 35 CE This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share... Aras, Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz (Persian: ارس, Azerbaijani: Araz), is a river rising in Anatolia in Turkey, flowing along the Turkey-Armenia border, then along the Iran border, entering Azerbaijan, and falling into Kura river as a right tributary. ... Hannibals feat in crossing the Alps with war elephants passed into European legend: a fresco detail, ca 1510, Capitoline Museum, Rome Hannibal (247 BC – 182 BC) was a military commander of ancient Carthage, best known for his achievements in the Second Punic War in marching an army from Spain...

"It is related that Hannibal, the Carthaginian, after the defeat of Antiochus by the Romans, coming to Artaxias, king of Armenia, pointed out to him many other matters to his advantage, and observing the great natural capacities and the pleasantness of the site, then lying unoccupied and neglected, drew a model of a city for it, and bringing Artaxias thither, showed it to him and encouraged him to build. At which the king being pleased, and desiring him to oversee the work, erected a large and stately city, which was called after his own name, and made metropolis of Armenia." (Plutarch's Life of Lucullus) A map of the central Mediterranean Sea, showing the location of Carthage (near modern Tunis). ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Mestrius Plutarch (c. ... Lucius Licinius Lucullus (c. ...

Tigran II was defeated by Lucius Lucullus in 68 BC at the Battle of Artaxata, and the city remained a hotly contested military target for the next two centuries. Artaxata was occupied by Syrian legions under the Roman general Cnaeus Domitius Corbulo in 58 BC as part of the short-lived first conquest of Armenia, and destroyed in 163 AD when Statius Priscus reconquered Armenia. Lucius Licinius Lucullus (c. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC Years: 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC 65... See also Roman Republic (18th century) and Roman Republic (19th century) The Roman Republic (Latin: Res Publica Romanorum) was the representative government of Rome and its territories from 510 BC until the establishment of the Roman Empire, sometimes placed at 44 BC (the year of Caesars appointment as perpetual... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years: 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55... Events Statius Priscus reconquers Armenia; Artaxata is ruined. ...