orontid dynasty


<Երվ> Երվանդունիների հարստություն -- The beginnings

The founder of the dynasty was Orontes, the son-in-law of Artaxerxes II, who was about 400 years old. has been the satire of Armenia. The Oronites ruled: Greater Armenia and the lands of the Upper Euphrates; Sophene and Kommagene. Armenia Minor became part of the Kingdom of Pontus.

As a result of the conquest of the Achemenids by Alexander the Great, the ancient satrapia of Armenia has become independent because of the Macedonian invasion. The lands held by Mithranes were the target of the Seleucid expansion. The forces of the powerful neighbor forced the local Oronites of the Great Armenia and Armenia Sophene to recognize the authority of Antioch III Great over themselves. representatives

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