Gregory The Illuminator

Gregory The Illuminator

male, 1752 years old
bishop, Christian, Cappadocia, Chosroes I, Caesarea Mazaca, KingdomofArmenia…Chosroes I of Armenia, Father of the Nation, Catholicoi of Cilicia, Catholicoi of Armenia
Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener (translit., or, or), the founder and patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church,...
Tigranes The Great

Tigranes The Great

male
KingdomofArmenia, Roman Republic, seleucid, roman, parthian, Parthian empire…Monarch of Armenia, King of Armenia
Tigranes the Great (EA: "Tigran Mets", WA: "Dikran Medz",) (ruled 95 BCE-55 BCE) (also called Tigranes II and sometimes Tigranes I) was a king of...
Narseh

Narseh

male, deceased (302)
roman empire, Callinicum, KingdomofArmenia, Sassanid, Ancient Roman enemies, Persian Empire
Narseh (whose name is also sometimes written as Narses or Narseus) was the seventh Sassanid King of Persia (293-302), and son of Shapur I...
Artaxias I

Artaxias I

male
hellenistic, strategos, greater, Roman Republic, romans, Monarch of Armenia…battle of Magnesia, KingdomofArmenia, Greater Armenia, Lesser Armenia
Artaxias I (reigned 190 BC/189 BC-160 BC/159 BC) was the founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty whose members ruled the Kingdom of Armenia for nearly two...
Saint Mesrob

Saint Mesrob

male, deceased (440)
5th century, linguistics, persian, medieval Greek, Caucasian Albanian alphabet, Armenian Orthodox Church…Chosroes III of Armenia, KingdomofArmenia, Armenian Kingdom, Inventor of writing systems
Saint Mesrob Mashtots (360 - February 17, 440) was an Armenian monk, theologian and linguist. He is best known for having invented the Armenian...

Vologases I of Parthia I of Parthia

male, deceased (78)
Parthian king, Adiabene, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, KingdomofArmenia, Alans, Corbulo…Monarch of Persia
Vologases I of Parthia ruled the Parthian Empire from about 51 to 78. Son of Vonones II by a Greek concubine, he succeeded his father in 51. He...
Vologases IV of Parthia IV of Parthia

Vologases IV of Parthia IV of Parthia

male, deceased (191)
Parthian king, Ancient Roman enemies, zoroastrian, Persian history, mesopotamia, Parthian empire…Monarch of Persia, Osroes II of Parthia, KingdomofArmenia
Vologases IV of Parthia ruled the Parthian Empire from 147 to 191. The son of Mithridates IV of Parthia (129-140), he united the two halves of the...
Vassak Mamikonian

Vassak Mamikonian

male
persian, Sassanid Empire, KingdomofArmenia, Armenian nobility, armenian, sparapet
Vassak Mamikonian was the Armenian sparapet for King Arshak II (reigned c. 350-367). He was known to be a great general who had many victories...

Bohemond V of Antioch V of Antioch

male, deceased (1251)
Bohemond VI of Antioch, Bohemund IV of Antioch, Crusader state, Knights Hospitaller, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Bohemund VI of Antioch…Principality of Antioch, KingdomofArmenia, Alice of Jerusalem, Alice of Cyprus, Counts of Tripoli
Bohemond V of Antioch (d. 1251), was ruler of the Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, from 1233 to his death. He was simultaneously Count of...