TIGRANE II & ROME – by Hagop Manandian: Tigrane II & Rome Nouveaux eclaircissements a la lumiere des sources originales(1963, Original French Translation)

TIGRANE II & ROME – Nouveaux éclaircissement à la lumière des sources originales
(1963, Original French Translation)
par Hagop Manandian.

Traduit de l’arménien oriental par H. Thorossian.
Avant-propos de Jérôme Carcopino

“Tigranes II (95-55 B.C.), known in Armenian historiography as Tigranes the Great, is the sole Armenian monarch who not only succeeded in unifying all the lands inhabited by the Armenians, but extended Armenian rule into Syria and northwestern Iran. In the first century B.C. he created an Armenian empire which lasted for some two decades, taking the title of “King of kings,” which until then was only held by the kings of Parthia. Armenians, not surprisingly, revere Tigranes. In their pride, some Armenians endow him with modern nationalistic traits and ignore the fact that Tigranes possessed a more Hellenistic and, occasionally, Persian, outlook, rather than that of a modern Armenian. Tigranes’ greatness, as will be evident in this study, was in his attempt to forge an independent and powerful state and to break away from the constraints imposed upon Armenia by its geography. Together with Mithridates Eupator, the king of Pontus, he tried to free Asia Minor from Persian military and political threats in the east and those of Rome in the west.”

Tigranes, II,
the Great,
King of Armenia,
approximately 140 B.C.-approximately 55 B.C.
Armenia–History–To 428.
Rome–Foreign relations–Armenia.

Language: French
ISBN: N/A
1963, Paperback, 224 pages, 9.0 x 7.0 inches

Publisher: Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian
Book Condition: New, as New as a 1963 Rare Title may be.