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Personal data Tiridates II van Armenië 

• He was born before 217.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Tiridates II van Armenië was koning van Armenië van 217 tot ongeveer 252.
  
  Tiridates wordt in 217 tot koning van Armenië gemaakt door de Romeinse keizer Macrinus, als opvolger van zijn vader Khosro I van Armenië. Daarbij liet Macrinus ook de moeder van Tiridates vrij uit gevangenschap. Gedurende zijn regering kwam Armenië steeds meer onder invloed van de Sassanieden, die de Parthen hadden verdrongen. Ongeveer in 252 bezetten de Sassanieden onder Shapur I Armenië en Tiridates werd daarbij gedood.
  
  De zoons van Tiridates, Tiridates en Khosro, vluchtten naar de Romeinen. Pogingen van de Romeinen om Armenië te heroveren mislukken en keizer Valerianus wordt daarbij zelfs gedood. Allebei de zoons van Tiridates zullen (na elkaar) koning van Armenië worden.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Tiridates II (Armenian: ????? ?, flourished second half of the 2nd century & first half of the 3rd century, died 252) was an Armenian Parthian Prince who served as a Roman Client King of Armenia.
  
  Tiridates II was the son and heir of the Armenian King Khosrov I[1], by an unnamed mother. Tiridates II was the namesake of his ancestor, Tiridates I of Armenia and his of Parthian ancestors who ruled with this name as King. As a part of the Armenian Arsacid period[2], he was also known as Khosrov.[3]
  
  During the last years of his father’s reign in 214-216, Tiridates II with his family where under Roman detention for unknown reasons which provoked a major uprising in Armenia against Rome.[4] In 215, the Roman emperor Caracalla with the Roman army had invaded Armenia[5] to end the uprising.
  
  In 217 Khosrov I had died and Tiridates II succeeded his father as King of Armenia.[6] Tiridates II was granted the Armenian Crown[7] by Caracalla.[8] He was declared King of Armenia upon Caracalla’s assassination[9] which was on April 8, 217.
  
  Tiridates II ruled as King of Armenia from 217 until his death in 252.[10] After the death of Caracalla, Macrinus became the new Roman emperor and not so long after Tiridates II received his Armenian Kingship, Macrinus agreed to release Tiridates II’s mother from Roman captivity.[11] After the Battle of Nisibis in 217 and the treaty that occurred after between Rome and Parthia, Tiridates II was officially restored to his Armenian throne[12] and his rule over Armenia was officially recognised.
  
  At an unknown date during his reign, there’s the possibility that the Mamikonian family immigrated from Bactria to Armenia.[13] Tiridates II was first the King in Armenia to persecute Christians in the country which continued with his predecessors.[14]
  
  Partly due to his long reign, Tiridates II became one of the most powerful and most influential monarchs from the Arsacid dynasty.[15] In 224, the Parthian Empire was destroyed; the last King who was Tiridates II’s paternal uncle, Artabanus IV of Parthia was killed by Ardashir I, the first king of the Sassanid Empire.[16]
  
  In 226-228, Ardashir I after annexing Parthia wanted to expand his Empire which including conquering Armenia. Into two years of the conflict, the armies of the Romans, Scythians and the Kushans withdrew.[17] Tiridates II with his army was left in the end alone to continue fighting against Ardashir I.[18]
  
  Tiridates II put up a stubborn resistance against Ardashir I[19] and was defeated after no less than ten years of fighting.[20] After twelve years of fighting with Tiridates II, Ardashir I withdrew his army and left Armenia.[21] Tiridates II’s military conflict with Ardashir I highlights the strength of Armenia in the time of Tiridates II.[22] Tiridates II died in 252 and was succeeded by his son, Khosrov II of Armenia

• He died in the year 252.
• A child of Khosro I van Armenië
• This information was last updated on November 30, 2012.

Household of Tiridates II van Armenië

Child(ren):

1. Khosro II van Armenië  < 252-287 

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