Papes

King of Armenia (381-384). After the imprisonment of his father Arshak II in the Castle of Oblivion in Persia, Papes traveled to the Roman Emperor Theodosius the Great who recognized him ruler of Armenia. Papes then returned to Armenia in the head of the Roman troops to fight against Persians and some of the revolted Armenian lords. Armenian historians describe Papes as a vicious tyrant with evil propensities. Being often reprimanded publicly by clergy, he allegedly poisoned Nerses the Great in 373. However, Ammianus Marcellinus, contemporary of King Papes, gives the opposite description of Papes: Papes was a man of great wisdom and valor... The fact remains that the Armenian clergy hated Papes for he had confiscated many of their lands and abolished some of the church tax collections. He was assassinated in 384 in order of Theodosius the Great.

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