Armenia, or Persarmenia, (Persian vassal) Marzabanate of
Substate | Defunct
428 CE
to 646 CE
In 428, Armenian nobles, nakharar, dissatisfied with the rule of Artaxias IV petitioned emperor Bahram V to depose him. Bahram V abolished the Kingdom of Armenia and appointed Veh Mihr Shapur as marzban (governor of a frontier province, "margrave") of the country.