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Tigranes the Great: Armenia's Forgotten Superpower
Long before the Roman Empire crushed Armenia between the millstones of geopolitics, an Armenian king briefly made his kingdom the most powerful state in the Near East. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the astonishing career of Tigranes II—better known as Tigranes the Great—who at his height ruled an empire stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. They trace his rise from a hostage prince to a king who conquered the Seleucid Empire, built a magnificent capital at Tigranocerta, and took the title 'King of Kings'. But his ambition brought him into conflict with…
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