Visual Timeline: Tigranocerta

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95 BCE - 56 BCE: Reign of Tigranes II, king of Armenia.
 
 
83 BCE: Armenian king Tigranes II founds a new capital at Tigranocerta (aka Tigranakert).
 
 
69 BCE: Licinius Lucullus leads a Roman army which defeats Armenian king Tigranes II and his capital Tigranocerta is captured. Artashat becomes the capital again.
 
66 BCE: Pompey the Great rebuilds the Armenian city of Tigranocerta.
 
 
54 CE - 60 CE: Roman general Corbulo successfully campaigns in Armenia.
 
387 CE: Tigranocerta in Armenia is renamed Martyropolis.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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