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:

Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)

Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results	Notable battles
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 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]	Battle of Artaxata (68 BC)
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)	Kingdom of Armenia	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

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) and Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258, 1261–1517)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
Battle of Vardanakert (702 - 703)	Arminiya	Umayyad Caliphate	Victory Armenian victory
Battle of Bagrevand (25 April 775)	Armenian princes	Abbasid Caliphate	Defeated Decisive Abbasid victory
Battle of Sevan (921) (part of Arab–Byzantine wars)	Bagratid Armenia	Sajid dynasty	Armenian victory

Armenian Principality of Cilicia (1080–1198) and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375)

Armenian Principality of Cilicia (1080–1198)
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375)

Qajar Iran (1789–1925)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Result	Notable battles
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)	Qajar Iran	Russian Empire	Russian victory Treaty of Gulistan	Battle of Echmiadzin (June 1804) - Inconclusive Siege of Erivan (July-September 1804) - Iranian victory Siege of Erivan (October-November 1808) - Iranian victory
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)			Russian victory Treaty of Turkmenchay	Capture of Erivan (1 October 1827) - Russian victory

First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results	Notable battles
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	Battle of Alexandropol (7 November 1920) - Turkish victory

Republic of Armenia (1991– present day)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
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: 2005 . Tigran II . Encyclopaedia Iranica . Garsoian . Nina.
4. Book: McGing, B. C. . The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus . Brill . 1986 . 166.
5. Patterson . Lee E. . 2015 . Antony and Armenia . TAPA . The Johns Hopkins University Press . 145 . 1 (Spring) . 77.
6. Book: Edwell, Peter . Rome and Persia at War: Imperial Competition and Contact, 193–363 CE . Routledge . 2021 . 11.