Tigranes marries Cleopatra, the daughter of Mithridates…

94 BCE

Tigranes marries Cleopatra, the daughter of Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus, in 94, and forms an alliance with that kingdom.

At the time, Tigranes is forty-six years old while she is only sixteen.

She is to play a decisive role in the life of Tigranes and all of Armenia.

Cleopatra will bear Tigranes three sons: Zariadres, Artavasdes II of Armenia, Tigranes and a daughter who will marry King Pacorus I of Parthia.

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Silvan (Miyafarkin) Diyarbakir Turkey View →

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Cleopatra of Pontus View → Mithridates VI of Pontus View → Tigranes the Great View →

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Armenian people View → Greeks, Hellenistic View → Pontus, Kingdom of View → Parthian Empire View → Armenia, Empire of View →

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