Satrapy of Armenia

Satrapy of Armenia
𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴
570 BC–321 BC
Territory of the Orontid dynasty in IV-II BC
Territory of the Orontid dynasty in IV-II BC
StatusSatrapy
CapitalTushpa
Erebuni
Common languagesArmenian
Aramaic (South)
Median (East)
Religion
Armenian polytheism
Zoroastrianism[1]
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
History 
• Established
570 BC
• Disestablished
321 BC
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Urartu
Medes
Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)
Lesser Armenia
Sophene
Commagene

The Satrapy of Armenia (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 Armina or 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴𐎹 Arminiya), a region controlled by the Orontid dynasty (570–201 BC), was one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC that later became an independent kingdom. Its capitals were Tushpa and later Erebuni.

  1. ^ Russell 1986, p. 51.

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