the Orontids stressed their lineage from the Achaemenids in order to strengthen their political legitimacy. Other historians state the Orontids were...
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Satrapy of Armenia (redirect from Orontid Armenia)
linkages to the ruling Achaemenid dynasty. Throughout their existence, the Orontids stressed their lineage from the Achaemenids to strengthen their political...
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South Ossetia Transnistria History Abkhazia Armenia (Prehistoric Armenia Orontid dynasty Artaxiad dynasty Roman Armenia Arsacid dynasty Sasanian Armenia...
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Kingdom of Sophene (category Orontid dynasty)
The Orontids founded cities such as Samosata and Arsamosata. They were named the "joy of" or "happiness of" their founders, which was a Orontid (and...
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v t e Empires Ancient (colonies) Akkadian Armenian Urartu Orontid Ancient Assyrian Middle Assyrian Neo-Assyrian Babylonian Old Babylonian Kassite Neo-Babylonian...
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South Ossetia Transnistria History Abkhazia Armenia (Prehistoric Armenia Orontid dynasty Artaxiad dynasty Roman Armenia Arsacid dynasty Sasanian Armenia...
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general named Neoptolemus obtained Armenia until he died in 321 BC and the Orontids returned, not as satraps, but as kings. Orontes III and the ruler of Lesser...
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was an ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom ruled by a Hellenized branch of the Orontids, a dynasty of Iranian origin, that had ruled over the Satrapy of Armenia...
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