Tigranes II of Armenia, under whom the …
Years: 66BCE - 66BCE
Tigranes II of Armenia, under whom the country has become the strongest state in the Roman East, has penetrated as far south as Ptolemais (modern 'Akko, Israel), but in 66 BCE the Roman general Pompey finally defeats him.
Pompey receives him graciously and gives him back his kingdom in exchange for Syria and other southern conquests.
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- Classical antiquity
- Roman Republic, Crisis of the
- Mithridatic War, Third
- Roman-Armenian War of 72-66 BCE
