Artaxiad dynasty

Artaxiad dynasty
Artaxiad dynasty
	Flag of the Artaxiad dynasty
Parent house	Orontid dynasty
Country	Armenia; Syria; Cilicia; Albania; Iberia
Founded	190 BC
Founder	Artaxias I
Current head	Extinct
Final ruler	Erato I
Titles	King of Greater Armenia; King of Sophene; King of Osroene; King of Kommagene; King of Gordyene; King of Iberia; King of Albania; King of Atropatene; King of Adiabene; King of Phoenicia; King of Syria; King of Cilicia; King of Cappadocia; King of Judea;
Dissolution	12 AD

The Artaxiad dynasty (also Artashesian)^[1] ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from 189 BC until their overthrow by the Romans in 12 AD. Their realm included Greater Armenia, Sophene and, intermittently, parts of Mesopotamia. Their main enemies were the Romans, the Seleucids and the Parthians, against whom the Armenians conducted multiple wars. Under the Artaxiad king Tigranes the Great (r. 95 – 55 BC), the Kingdom of Armenia reached its greatest territorial extent, extending for a brief period from the Caspian to the Mediterranean Sea.

^ Hovhannisian, Richard G. (2006). Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Mazda Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 978-1568591537. (...) the grand city founded by Tigranes or Metsn Tigran (the Great), the first-century B.C. scion of the Artaxiad/Artasheshian dynasty.

[1] Hovhannisian, Richard G. (2006). Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Mazda Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 978-1568591537. (...) the grand city founded by Tigranes or Metsn Tigran (the Great), the first-century B.C. scion of the Artaxiad/Artasheshian dynasty.

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