Artavazd II

King of Armenia (53-34 BC), son of Tigranes the Great. He made alliance with the Parthian King Orontes to fight against Rome. The united Armenian and Parthian forces routed Licinius Crassus in the battle of Carrhae, but during the new war the Armenian King was captured by Markus Antoninus, taken to Egypt and executed. Artavazd was known as a Greek art adept, he composed dramas and poetry.

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