List of wars involving Armenia explained

This is a list of wars involving Armenia and its predecessor states.The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)
Campaigns of Artaxias I (189–165 BCE)	Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Sophene	25px Atropatene Kingdom of Cataonia Kingdom of Pontus Lesser Armenia Kingdom of Iberia	Victory The Median regions of Caspiana, Faunitida, and Basolropeda come under Armenian control. Atropatene comes under Artaxias's zone of influence. Armenia conquers the regions of Karenitis, Derksen, Akilisene and Antitaurus.
Seleucid-Armenian War (168–165 BCE)	Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Sophene	Seleucid Empire	Victory Armenia conquers the region of Tmorik. 3 years later Antiochus IV Epiphanes is forced to retreat due to internal troubles at home. Artaxias I captured, but escapes with the aid of Timarchus.
Armenian-Iberian War (168–165 BCE)^[1] ^[2]	Kingdom of Armenia	Kingdom of Iberia Kingdom of Alania	Compromise Artaxias I's general and son Zariadres captured, would be released on the following terms: Javakheti, Ardahan, and the Fortress of Demotistsikhe would be ceded to Iberia A defensive alliance between Armenia and Iberia would be formed
Armenia invaded by Parthian Empire (120–100 BCE?)	Kingdom of Armenia	Parthian Empire 25px Atropatene	Defeat Territorial gains for Parthia Tigranes II given as a hostage to Parthian court
Military campaigns of Tigranes the Great (95–78 BCE)	Kingdom of Armenia	25px Atropatene	Victory Kingdoms of Sophene, Osroene, Commagene, Atropatene pledge loyalty to Armenia, Tigranes annexes Cilicia Pedias, Mygdonia, and Syria. Launches numerous attacks upon the Kingdom of Cappadocia^[3]
Third Mithridatic War (73–66 BC)	Kingdom of Armenia 25px Kingdom of Pontus	25px Roman Republic	Defeat Pontus is divided up: one part becomes a client state of Rome, the other a Roman province.^[4] Armenia becomes a client kingdom of Rome.^[5] Tigranacerta destroyed in 69 bc.^[6]
Iberian–Armenian War (50–53 AD)	Kingdom of Armenia	25px Kingdom of Iberia	Victory Tiridates I crowned King of Armenia
Roman–Parthian War of 58–63	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire	Roman Empire Sophene Lesser Armenia Kingdom of Iberia Commagene Kingdom of Pontus	Victory Treaty of Rhandeia Arsacids established on Armenian throne
Ardashir I invasion of Armenia (226–238)		25px Sasanian Empire	Victory After twelve years of fighting against Tiridates II, Ardashir I withdrew his army and left Armenia. Tiridates II strengthen his positions in Middle East
Marzpanate Armenia (428–646)
Vartanantz War (episode 1: 450–451, episode 2: 481–484)	Sasanian Armenia	25px Sasanian Empire	Compromise By Treaty of Nvarsak Christians in Armenia should have freedom of worship and conversions to Zoroastrianism should be stopped Land should not be allotted to people who convert to Zoroastrianism
Principality of Armenia (645–884)
Battle of Vardanakert (702)	Principality of Armenia	25px Umayyad Caliphate	Victory Smbat, chosen to rule by Byzantine commission, managed to re-conquer the majority of Armenia and drive the Arabs out of the country
Battle of Bagrevand (775)	Principality of Armenia	25px Umayyad Caliphate	Defeat Battle signalled the beginning of large-scale Armenian migration into the Byzantine Empire
Bagratid Armenia (885–1045)
Battle of Sevan (921)	Bagratid Armenia	Sajid dynasty	Victory Armenian troops under the command of Ashot cleared the central and northern region of the country from foreign invaders
Battle of Ani (1042)	Bagratid Armenia		Victory Allowed Vahram Pahlavouni along with Catholicos Petros Getadarts to crown Gagik II king of Armenia
Armenian Principality of Cilicia (1080–1198) Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375)
First Crusade (1096–1099)	Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of France Duchy of Apulia 15px Byzantine Empire Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	Great Seljuq Empire Danishmends Fatimids Almoravids Abbasids	Victory Kingdom of Jerusalem created Crusader states created
Second Crusade (1145–1149)	Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Tripoli Principality of Antioch Kingdom of France Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Castile County of Barcelona Kingdom of León Kingdom of Denmark 15px Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Cilicia Kingdom of England Kingdom of Poland	Seljuq Sultanate Almoravids Almohads Zengids Abbasids Fatimids	Defeat in Anatolia Status quo ante bellum in the Levant Victory in Iberia Crusaders capture Lisbon, Tortosa, Wagria, and Polabia
Armenian–Byzantine wars (1151–1168)	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	25px Byzantine Empire	Victory Armenians inflicted a heavy defeat to the Byzantine army in the battle of Mamistra The Byzantine Empire abandoned its pretensions to the Armenian state
War with Antioch (1156)	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	Principality of AntiochSupported by: 25px Byzantine Empire	Compromise After a short battle near Alexendretta, Raynald of Châtillon was forced to return home, covered with humiliation Thoros voluntarily surrendered to the Temlpars the fortresses in question, and the Knights took an oath “to assist the Armenians on all occasions where they needed help.” Having secured the land he wanted, Raynald demanded his subsidies from the emperor who refused them, pointing out that the main task had yet to be done. Raynald quickly sided with Thoros and conspired to attack Cyprus
Third Crusade (1189–1192)	Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Crusader States Kingdom of Jerusalem Principality of Antioch County of Tripoli Military Orders Kingdom of Cilician Armenia Kingdom of Hungary Republic of Genoa Republic of Pisa	Ayyubid Sultanate Sultanate of Egypt Emirate of Damascus Emirate of Hama Emirate of Mesopotamia Sultanate of Rûm----Nizari Ismaili Nizari Ismaili state ----Christian opponents: Byzantine Empire Empire of Cyprus Kingdom of Sicily	Victory Treaty of Jaffa, the result of Crusader military victories and successful sieges.
Ninth Crusade (1271–1272)	Kingdom of France Kingdom of Cyprus Kingdom of England Kingdom of Cilicia	Mamluks	Defeat Treaty of Caesarea Crusader states collapsed
Armenian national–liberation movement (18th century–1918)
Persian Campaign (1914-1918)	Armenian volunteers British Empire Assyrian volunteers	Ottoman Empire Qajar Iran Azeris Kurds	Victory The Fedayi helped the Assyrians to take over West Azerbaijan from the Turks in the Urmia revolt and Battle of Khoy Overthrow of the Qajar regime a few years later
First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
Caucasus Campaign (World War I) (1918)	Armenian National Council		Armistice Treaty of Batum Establishment of the First Republic of Armenia
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920)	First Republic of Armenia	Azerbaijan	Indecisive Battle of Kazakh Sovietization of Armenia and Azerbaijan Karabakh and Nakhchivan dispute settled in favor of Azerbaijan Zangezur came under Armenia's control.
Georgian–Armenian War (1918)	First Republic of Armenia		Inconclusive Armenia gains the province of Lori. With the intervention of Great Britain, a truce was concluded between Armenia and Georgia.
Turkish–Armenian War/Soviet invasion of Armenia (1920)	First Republic of Armenia	Turkey	Defeat All of Western Armenia is given to Turkey Rest of Armenia is Sovietized
Soviet Social Republic of Armenia (1920–1991)
World War II (1939–1945)	Soviet Armenia	Germany Armenian Legion	Victory 500,000 Armenians fought in the Soviet Army, 200,000 of whom perished. 20,000 Armenians fought in the American Armed Forces 10,000 Armenians fought in the French Armed Forces
Republic of Armenia (1991–)
First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994)	Armenia	Azerbaijan	Victory De facto independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ceasefire (Bishkek Protocol).
2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict	Armenia	Azerbaijan	Inconclusive
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020)	Armenia	Azerbaijan	Defeat

See also

• List of conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan
• List of wars involving Azerbaijan
• List of wars involving Georgia (country)
• List of wars involving Russia
• Military history of Armenia
• Syunik rebellion

Notes and References

1. Book: Moses, of Khoren, activeth century . History of the Armenians . 1978 . Harvard University Press . Robert W. Thomson . 0-674-39571-9 . Cambridge . 185–187, 193–196 . 3168093.
2. Book: The Georgian chronicles of Kʻartʻlis Cʻxovreba (A History of Georgia) : translated and with commentary . 2014 . Stephen Jones, Roin Metreveli, Sakʿartʿvelos mecʿnierebatʿa akademia. Komissii︠a︡ po istochnikam istorii Gruzii . 978-9941-445-52-1 . Tʻbilisi . 31–34 . English . 883445390.
3. Encyclopedia: Encyclopaedia Iranica . Tigran II . Nina . Garsoian . 2005 .
4. Book: McGing, B. C. . The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus . Brill . 166 . 1986 .
5. Antony and Armenia . Lee E. . Patterson . TAPA . 145. 1 (Spring). 2015 . The Johns Hopkins University Press . 77 .
6. Book: Edwell, Peter . Rome and Persia at War: Imperial Competition and Contact, 193–363 CE . Routledge . 11 . 2021 .