Великая Армения: различия между версиями

Основателем династии был Арташес I, называвший себя Ервандидом. Его связь с предыдущей правящей династией Армении до конца не ясна. Правление Арташесидов отметилисьотметилось не только территориальными экспансиями, но и небезуспешными попытками создать политическое и религиозное единство, арменизации завоёванных территорий и укреплением армянской идентичности на основе государственной и культурной общности<ref>Nina Garsoian, The Emergence of Armenia, in: The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times The Dynastic Periods. Vol I: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century, 1997, стр. 50{{oq|en|… Perhaps most significant of all is the observation of Strabo that the unification of various districts under Artashes and Zareh had led the population of Greater Armenia and Sophene to "speak the same language". The Armenization of the entire area was progressing apace.}}</ref><ref>Albert de Jong ''Armenian and Georgian Zoroastrianism'', in: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism, 2015 — стр. 120 {{oq|en|The line of the Orontids of Greater Armenia came to an end in the 2nd century BCE, with the rise of the next Armenian dynasty, the Artaxiads, who were installed by the Seleucid Antiochus III, but proved themselves to be very able dynasts. Not only did the greatest of them, Tigranes II (the Great, r. 95– c. 55 BCE) expand the territory of Armenia considerably (but fleetingly) at the expense of the Parthians, but the Artaxiads are also widely seen as culturally significant in building up an Armenian territorial and cultural identity.}}</ref><ref>James Russell [https://ia801600.us.archive.org/6/items/JamesRussellZoroastrianismInArmenia/James%20Russell%20-%20Zoroastrianism%20in%20Armenia.pdf Zoroastrianism in Armenia] 1987, стр. V{{oq|en|There was probably some local diversity in Armenian religion, though attempts by the Artaxiads to impose political unity involved religious centralisation as well.}}</ref>.