Greater Armenia

Greater Armenia was an ancient kingdom that emerged after the defeat of the Seleucid king Antiochus III by Rome. Its creators, Artaxias and Zariadres, established independent kingdoms with Roman consent. Artaxias founded the capital, Artashat, on the Aras River. His descendant, Tigranes II, unified Armenia and briefly made it the strongest state in the Roman East, conquering territories from Parthia and extending his influence into Syria.1

Armenia's history is marked by periods of independence and foreign rule, including incorporation into the Median and Achaemenian empires, and later absorption into Alexander the Great's empire and the Seleucid kingdom. The country has a mountainous terrain with an average elevation of 5,900 feet. Modern Armenia is a small part of ancient Armenia, which once stretched from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.12345