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KING TIGRANES OF ARMENIA ~ COINS WITH GREEK SCRIPT

Day 4,276, 12:51 • Published in Armenia Greece

• by Yavana

Tigranes II “the Great” was one of the finest kings of ancient Armenia. At its height, his empire extended from the Pontic Alps (in modern north-eastern Turkey) to Mesopotamia, and from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean.

Tigranes invaded territories as far away as Ecbatana and took the title King of Kings which, at the time, according to their coins, even the Parthian kings did not assume. After subduing the Parthians, Tigranes also assumed the authority over former Parthian territories.

He was called “Tigranes the Great” by many historians and writers, such as Plutarch. The “King of Kings” never appeared in public without having at least four kings attending him. Cicero, referring to his success in the east, said that he “made the Republic of Rome tremble before the prowess of his arms.”

Source https://greekasia.blogspot.com/2019/08/king-tigranes-of-armenia-coins-with.html