Back ساتراب أرمينيا Arabic هخامنشی ائرمنستان AZB Satrapia d'Armènia Catalan Arménie (satrapie) Czech Satrapy of Armenia English Armena satrapio Esperanto Satrapía de Armenia Spanish ارمنستان (ساتراپی هخامنشی) Persian Սատրապական Հայաստան Armenian Kesatrapan Armenia ID
Satrapy of Armenia Սատրապական Հայաստան 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 | |
|---|---|
| 570 BC–321 BC | |
 Territory of the Orontid Dynasty in IV-II BC | |
| Status | Satrapy |
| Capital | Tushpa Erebuni |
| Common languages | Armenian Persian Aramaic (South) Median (East) |
| Religion | Armenian polytheism Zoroastrianism[1] |
| Government | Monarchy |
| Satrap | |
| History | |
• Established | 570 BC |
• Disestablished | 321 BC |
The Satrapy of Armenia, (Armenian: Սատրապական Հայաստան, Satrapakan Hayastan; Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴, Armina) was an Armenian satrapy controlled by the Orontid dynasty. Armenia is one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC that later became an independent kingdom.
- ↑ Russell (1986), p. 51.