1171 Adid’s name suppressed in prayers, by order of Nur ad-Din. Adid dies without knowing of his degradation.
THE KINGDOM OF ARMENIA (189 B.C.-1375 A.D.)
The Armenians throw off the Macedonian yoke in 317 B.C., choosing Ardvates as king. He dies about 284, and the country returns to Seleucid rule. In 189 B.C. (according to Roman historians), after the defeat of Antiochus the Great by Rome, Artaxias or Ardashes and Zadriades, the governors of Armenia Major and Armenia Minor respectively, become independent kings with the connivance of Rome. Artaxias rules at Artaxarta. Hannibal takes refuge at his court.
B.C.
166 Antiochus IV takes Artaxias prisoner, but restores him to his kingdom.
149 According to Armenian historians Mithridates I of Parthia establishes his brother Valarsaces (Waharshag) on the Armenian throne and the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia is founded. Following the Armenian king list
127 Arshag I succeeds his father.
114 Artaces succeeds his father.
94 Tigranes I (II) succeeds his father. He is the next king mentioned by Roman historians. He is put on the disputed throne by Mithridates II the Great of Parthia. Tigranes removes the capital to Tigranocerta, and conquers Lesser Armenia and many Parthian provinces. He assumes the title “King of Kings.”
83 Tigranes makes himself master of the whole of Syria, having been invited by the Syrians to put an end to the civil strife among the Seleucid princes.