Tigranes II

(Tigranes the Great) King of Armenia (89-55 BC). His marriage with the daughter of Mithridates the Great, king of Pontus asserted the Ponto-Armenian treaty. Tigranes II reunited the independent Armenian Kingdoms under his rule. He reorganized and reformed the Armenian army. After defeating the Parthian King, he was proclaimed King of the Kings. His conquests stretched the territory of the Armenian Kingdom from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean and parts of Syria and Egypt. In the 70s BC, Armenia became one of the most powerful states.
Tigranes's expansion ended with the invasion of the Romans in 69 BC. Lukullus defeated Tigranes in the battle of Tigranakert. In 66 BC, a treaty of peace was concluded between Tigranes and Pompey the Great, which compelled Tigranes to cede some of the conquered territories.

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