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History of the Armenians [Revised] 9780882061115, 0882061119
Table of contents :
Book I: 1. Genealogy of Greater Armenia; 2. From the Fables of the Persians
Book II: The Intermediate Period in the History of Our Ancestors
Part III: The Conclusion [of the History] of Our Fatherland
Notes
Citation preview
HISTORY OF THE ARMENIANS
Moses Khorenats (i
History of the Armenians Translation and Commentary on the Literary Sources by
Robert W. Thomson REVISED EDITION
CARAVAN BOOKS ANN ARBOR 2006
Published by Caravan Books Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Originally published in 1978 by Harvard University Press as no. 4 in the Harvard Armenian Texts and Studies scries. Revised edition published in 2006 by Caravan Books by arrangement with Harvard University Press
Copyright © 1978 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved New matter in this edition © 2006 by Robert W. Thomson All rights reserved Printed on acid-free paper and made in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Moses of Khoren, 5th cent. [Patmut‘iwn Hayots'. English] History of the Armenians / Moses Khorenats‘i; translation and commentary by Robert W. Thomson.—Rev. ed. p. cm. In English', translated from Armenian. Originally published: Cam
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THE HISTORY Uphold ARMENIA Overrun THE ORIGINS TO Rendering PRESENT
First edition: December 2007
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Pap of Armenia
King of Armenia from 370 to 374
Pap (c. 353 – 374/375) was king of Armenia from 370 until 374/375, and a member of the Arsacid dynasty. His reign saw a short, but notable period of stabilization after years of political turmoil. Although Armenia had been conquered and devastated by the SassanidkingShapur II in 367/368, Pap was restored to the throne at a young age with Roman assistance in 370. Early in his reign, Armenia and Rome won a joint victory over the Persians at the Battle of Bagavan, and some former territories of the kingdom were reconquered by the efforts of his sparapet (general-in-chief) Mushegh Mamikonian. Although Pap's reign began with a reconciliation of the monarchy, nobility and church, his relations with the church soon deteriorated. Pap allegedly had the Patriarch of Armenia, Nerses I, poisoned, although some later historians doubt this narrative. Pap also eventually ran afoul of the Romans, who suspected him of colluding with the Persians. The emperor Valens unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate him in 373/374, but ultimately succeeded in having him killed in 374/375. He was succeeded by his nephew Varazdat as king.
Pap is depicted with hostility by the classical Armenian historians, likely due to the king's troublesome re