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s with a force larger than 1,000 soldiers were obligated to live at the royal court, where the king could exercise control over them. Khosrov broke off relations with Sasanian Iran and moved Armenia closer to the Roman Empire. Shapur soon invaded Armenia again but was repulsed at great cost to the
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was tasked with organizing the defense, but instead passed over to the Sasanian side. Vache Mamikonian and Vahan Amatuni led the Armenian army to victory against the Persian invaders in a battle near the southeastern coast of
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that had remained loyal to him with land and other lavish gifts. After this, the country enjoyed a period of peace, and Khosrov occupied himself with building his new capital city of
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After the departure of the Roman legions from Armenia, Sanatruk invaded Armenia at the incitement of Shapur II with an army of various Caucasian mercenaries and invaded
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Vache Mamikonian and many other great lords were killed in battle. Khosrov died in 338/339 in Dvin. His remains were interred in the Arsacid royal mausoleum in
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Khosrov had three children: a son, Tiran, who succeeded him as king; a daughter, Varazdukht, who married Pap, the son of Patriarch
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Armenia fell into chaos after the death of Tiridates III. An Arsacid prince named Sanatruk (whom
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and destroyed Sanatruk's army in a surprise attack, killing the pretender in a battle near
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because he was a man of short stature. He was the namesake of his paternal grandfather
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Bakur revolted against the Arsacid monarchy with the support of the
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Called "Khosrov II" in Armenian sources that conflate
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Index

Khosrov III
King of Armenia
Tiridates III
Tiran
Issue
Tiran
House
Arsacid
Ashkhen
Arsacid Armenia
Tiridates III
epithet
Khosrov II of Armenia
Parthian
Khosrau
Faustus of Byzantium
Sanesan
Maskut
bdeashkh
Arzanene
Sasanian
Shapur II
Vrtanes I
Constantine the Great
Armenian Mesopotamia
Ordunis
Manavazians
Ayrarat
Vagharshapat
Kogovit

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