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Artaxias I (also called Artaxes or Artashes, Armenian
Armenian language

The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh....
: ??????? ??????) (reigned 190 BC/189 BC–160 BC/159 BC) was the founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty
Artaxiad Dynasty

The Artaxiad Dynasty ruled Armenia from 189 BC until their overthrow by the Roman Empire in AD 12. Their realm included Greater Armenia, Sophene and intermittently Lesser Armenia and parts of Mesopotamia....
 whose members ruled the Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Armenia

The Kingdom of Armenia was an independent kingdom from 190 BC to AD 387 and a client state of the Roman and Persian empires until 428, stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea seas....
 for nearly two centuries.

By the end of the 3rd century BC, Armenia was a kingdom made up of around 120 dynastic domains ruled by nakharar
Nakharar

Nakharar was a hereditary title of the highest order given to houses of the ancient and medieval Armenian nobility....
s, loosely united under the Orontid
Orontid Dynasty

File:Yervanduni Armenia, IV-II BC.gifThe Orontid Dynasty was the first known List of Armenian kings dynasty. The Orontids established their supremacy over Armenia around the time of the Scythian and Medes invasion in the 6th century BC....
 kings of Greater
Greater Armenia

Greater Armenia may refer to:*Greater Armenia , a political goal of Armenian irredentists* Kingdom of Armenia, independent kingdom from 190 BC to 387 ?D...
 and Lesser Armenia
Lesser Armenia

Lesser Armenia refers to the Armenian populated regions, primarily to the west & north west of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia and north east of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia....
. Even though Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
 did not conquer Armenia, Hellenistic culture had strongly impacted Armenian society.






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Artaxias I (also called Artaxes or Artashes, Armenian
Armenian language

The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh....
: ??????? ??????) (reigned 190 BC/189 BC–160 BC/159 BC) was the founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty
Artaxiad Dynasty

The Artaxiad Dynasty ruled Armenia from 189 BC until their overthrow by the Roman Empire in AD 12. Their realm included Greater Armenia, Sophene and intermittently Lesser Armenia and parts of Mesopotamia....
 whose members ruled the Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Armenia

The Kingdom of Armenia was an independent kingdom from 190 BC to AD 387 and a client state of the Roman and Persian empires until 428, stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea seas....
 for nearly two centuries.

By the end of the 3rd century BC, Armenia was a kingdom made up of around 120 dynastic domains ruled by nakharar
Nakharar

Nakharar was a hereditary title of the highest order given to houses of the ancient and medieval Armenian nobility....
s, loosely united under the Orontid
Orontid Dynasty

File:Yervanduni Armenia, IV-II BC.gifThe Orontid Dynasty was the first known List of Armenian kings dynasty. The Orontids established their supremacy over Armenia around the time of the Scythian and Medes invasion in the 6th century BC....
 kings of Greater
Greater Armenia

Greater Armenia may refer to:*Greater Armenia , a political goal of Armenian irredentists* Kingdom of Armenia, independent kingdom from 190 BC to 387 ?D...
 and Lesser Armenia
Lesser Armenia

Lesser Armenia refers to the Armenian populated regions, primarily to the west & north west of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia and north east of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia....
. Even though Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
 did not conquer Armenia, Hellenistic culture had strongly impacted Armenian society. When Antiochus the Great wrestled Armenia from Orontid rule he appointed Artaxias as strategos
Strategos

The term strategos is used in Greek language to mean "general". In the Hellenistic and Byzantine Empires the term was also used to describe a military governor....
. Following his monarch's defeat by the Romans
Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
 at the Battle of Magnesia
Battle of Magnesia

The Battle of Magnesia was fought in 190 BC near Magnesia ad Sipylum, on the plains of Lydia , between the Roman Republic, led by the consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus and his brother, the famed general Scipio Africanus, with their ally Eumenes II of Pergamum against the army of Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire....
 in 190 BC, Artaxias and his co-strategos Zariadres
Zariadres

Zariadres was a Kingdom of SopheneIn 201 BC Antiochus III the Great conquers Greater Armenia and Sophene with his Armenian generals Artaxias I and Zariadres....
 revolted and, with Roman consent, began to reign autonomously with the title of king; Artaxias over Greater Armenia
Greater Armenia

Greater Armenia may refer to:*Greater Armenia , a political goal of Armenian irredentists* Kingdom of Armenia, independent kingdom from 190 BC to 387 ?D...
 and Zariadres over Sophene
Sophene

For the kingdom, please see Kingdom of Sophene.Sophene was a province of the Armenian Kingdom and of the Roman Empire, located in the south-west of the kingdom....
/Lesser Armenia.

Artaxias was married to Satenik
Satenik

Satenik was the name of the Alans princess who married Artaxias I, the king of Kingdom of Armenia. Their love story, known as Artashes and Satenik, is presented by the fifth century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi in his History of Armenia ....
, daughter of the king of Alans
Alans

The Alans or Alani were a group among the Sarmatians people, Eurasian nomads of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language which derived from Scytho-Sarmatian language and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian language....
. They had six sons: Artavasdes (Artavazd)
Artavasdes I of Armenia

Artavasdes I of Armenia was the son of Artaxias I and Satenik.Artavasdes repelled several attempts by Parthians to invade Armenia but was eventually defeated by Mithridates II of Parthia, who annexed parts of Eastern Armenia and took his son, Tigranes the Great as hostage....
, Vruyr, Mazhan, Zariadres (Zareh), Tiran and Tigranes
Tigranes

Tigranes was the name of a number of historical figures, primarily kings of Armenia.The earliest Tigranes is mentioned in the Cyropaedia and in Armenian historical sources....
 (Tigran). Artaxias founded a capital, Artaxata on the Araks River
Araks River

The Aras is a river located in and along the countries of Turkey, Armenia, Iran, and Azerbaijan. Its total length is 1,072 kilometers . Given its length and a basin that covers an area of 102,000 km?, it is one of the largest rivers of the Caucasus....
 near Lake Sevan
Lake Sevan

Lake Sevan is the largest lake in Armenia and one of the largest high-altitude lakes in the world.Former names of the lake include Gegharkunik , Gegham Sea , Lychnitis and Gokcha ....
. Hannibal took refuge there at his court when Antiochus could not protect him any longer. Artaxias was taken captive by Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Antiochus IV Epiphanes ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great and the brother of Seleucus IV Philopator....
 when he attacked Armenia around 165 BC.

Quotes

  • It is said that when Hannibal fled from the Romans
    Roman Republic

    The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
     and came to Armenia
    Armenia

    Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
    , he suggested different projects to the Armenian king and taught him several useful things. When he saw the beautiful landscape and nature in Armenia he drew a sketch for the future city. Then he took Artashes to the spot and asked him to personally supervise the building of the city. Thus a big and beautiful city was named after the king, Artashat, and became his capital.


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