Tigranes the Great

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tigranes_the_Great
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
historical figure
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus
gptkbp:birthDate 140 BC
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Tigranes_II
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Armenia
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Armenia
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tigranocerta
gptkbp:category gptkb:Artaxiad_dynasty
Armenian kings
1st-century BC monarchs in Asia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Artavasdes_II
gptkb:Tigranes_the_Younger
Unnamed daughter
Zariadres
gptkbp:coins Tigranes the Great drachms
gptkbp:contemporaryOf gptkb:Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus
gptkb:Lucullus
Pompey
gptkbp:deathDate 55 BC
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Armenia
gptkbp:defeatedBy gptkb:Lucullus
Pompey
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Artaxiad_dynasty
gptkbp:empireAtHeight Armenia, parts of Syria, Mesopotamia, Cappadocia, Cilicia, Media, Phoenicia
gptkbp:enemyOf gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkb:Parthian_Empire
gptkbp:father gptkb:Tigranes_I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tigranes the Great
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
Armenian
Parthian
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:King_of_Kings
gptkbp:notableFor conflict with Rome
alliance with Mithridates VI of Pontus
expanding the Armenian Empire
founding Tigranocerta
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Artavasdes_I
gptkbp:reign 95 BC – 55 BC
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Cleopatra_of_Pontus
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Appian's_Roman_History
gptkb:Plutarch's_Lives
gptkb:Dio_Cassius'_Roman_History
gptkb:Movses_Khorenatsi's_History_of_Armenia
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Artavasdes_II
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kingdom_of_Armenia
gptkb:noble_family
gptkb:Lucullus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5