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The Siege of Tigranocerta: Rome Versus the Armenian Empire
Before the genocide, before the medieval kingdoms, Armenia was an empire that challenged Rome. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the rise of Tigranes the Great, whose Armenian realm stretched from the Caspian to the Mediterranean. They dig into the founding of Tigranocerta, a Hellenistic city built by captured Greeks, and the seismic battle of 69 BCE when Lucullus marched east and shattered Tigranes's ambitions. Through the lens of a single siege, they uncover how Armenia's imperial moment collapsed, why the Parthians stood by, and how the dream of a Greater Armenia left a…
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