List of wars involving Armenia

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:

  Armenian victory
  Defeat
  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result,
status quo ante Bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
  Ongoing conflict
Conflict Armenian side (and allies) Opponent Results
Kingdom of Urartu (860 BC–590 BC)
Urartu-Assyria War
(714 BC-mid 7th century BC
Urartu Neo-Assyrian Empire Defeat
  • Urartu becomes a client state of Assyria
  • Assyria occupies parts of southwestern Urartu
Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)
Civil war[1](200's–190 BC) Artaxias I Orontes IV Victory
Eastern campaigns of Artaxias I
(Period of 189–165 BCE)
Kingdom of Armenia Atropatene Victory
  • The Median regions of Caspiana, Faunitida and Basolropeda come under Armenian control
  • Atropatene comes under Artaxias's zone of influence
Western campaigns of Artaxias I
(Period of 189–165 BCE)
Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Sophene
Kingdom of Cataonia
Kingdom of Pontus
Lesser Armenia
Victory
  • Armenia conqueres the regions of Karenitis, Derksen, Akilisene and Antitaurus.
Muratsean Rebellion
(Period of 189–165 BCE)[1]
Kingdom of Armenia Muratsean Princely House Victory
  • Uprising quelled
  • Royal holdings of the Muratseans confiscated by Artavasdes I
Seleucid-Armenian War
(168–165 BCE)
Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Sophene
Seleucid Empire Victory
Armenian-Iberian War
(168–165 BCE)
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
Armenian–Parthian War
(120–100 BCE?)
Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire Victory
  • Parthian attack successfully repelled
Armenian–Parthian War
(113–112 BCE/105 BCE)
Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire Defeat
  • Territorial gains for Parthia
  • Tigranes II given as a hostage to Parthian court
Tigranes's invasion of Sophene
(94 BCE)
Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Sophene Victory (both were Armenian)
Invasion of Cappadocia
(93 BCE)
Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Pontus
Kingdom of Cappadocia
Roman Republic
Victory
  • Mithridates VI annexed Cappadocia
  • Tigranes The Great got the trophies and POWs
The Great Parthian campaign
(87–85 BCE)
Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire Victory
Third Mithridatic War(73–66 BC) Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Pontus
Roman Republic Defeat
Pacorus I сampaigns against Rome
(51–38 BCE)
Kingdom of Armenia
Parthian Empire
Roman Republic Victory
  • The defeat of the Romans in the battle with the Parthians at Carrhae in 53 BC allowed Armenia to regain lost earlier Sophene and Armenia Minor
Armenia–Median war (32–30 BCE) Kingdom of Armenia
Parthian Empire
Atropatene

Roman Republic

Victory
Armenia–Iberian War
(50–53 AD)
Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Iberia Victory
Roman–Parthian War
(58–63)
Kingdom of Armenia
Parthian Empire
Roman Empire Stalemate
  • Armenia becomes allies with Rome
Ardashir I invasion of Armenia
(226–238)
Kingdom of Armenia 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
Kingdom of Armenia (885–1045)
Battle of Sevan
(921)
Kingdom of Armenia Sajid dynasty Victory
  • Yusuf temporary takes control of Dvin, Nakhchivan, Sevan and slaughters Smbat I
  • Ashot II Iron gradually kicks out Sajids from Sevan, Dvin and Nakhchivan from Arabs and Sajids
Invasion by Prince Ber of Abkhazia
(during 929–53)
Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Abkhazia Victory
  • Ber was captured by Abas'es men, blinded and sent back to Abkhazia
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
Byzantine Empire
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Great Seljuq Empire
Danishmends
Fatimids
Almoravids
Abbasids
Victory
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
Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Cilicia
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Poland
Seljuq Sultanate
Almoravids
Almohads
Zengids
Abbasids
Fatimids
Defeat in Anatolia


Victory in Iberia

Armenian–Byzantine wars
(1151–1168)
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia 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 border=no Principality of Antioch

Supported by:
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)

Nizari Ismaili:
Christian opponents:
Victory
  • Treaty of Jaffa, the result of Crusader military victories and successful sieges.
Bohemond IV regain of Antioch
(1219)
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Knights Hospitaller
border=no Principality of Antioch
Knights Templar
Ayyubid Emirate of Aleppo
Sultanate of Rum
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Defeat
Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
(1260-1323)
Ilkhanate Mamluk Sultanate
Ayyubid remnants
Nizari Ismailis of Syria
Golden Horde (after 1264)
Karamanid rebels
Abbasids
Inconclusive
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)
First Zeitun Resistance
(1862)
Armenian fedayees Ottoman Empire Victory
Second Zeitun Resistance
(1895-1896)
Hunchak Party Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Ottomans, Kurds and Circassians withdraw from Zeitun
  • Hunchak-activists were allowed to go into exile and appoint a Christian sub-governor
Third Zeitun Resistance
(1914-1915)
Hunchak Party Ottoman Empire Defeat
Persian Campaign
(1914-1918)
Russian Empire Russia (1914-1917)

British Empire Britain
Assyrian volunteers

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Qajar Iran Qajar Iran
Victory
Defense of Van
(1915)
Armenian fedayees Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire Victory
Musa Dagh defense
(1915)
Armenians
French Third RepublicFrance
Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire Victory
  • Successful resistance
  • Armenians in Musa Dagh rescued by the French navy
First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920,
1921)
Caucasus Campaign
(World War I)

(1918)
Armenia Armenian National Council  Ottoman Empire Armistice
Armenian–Azerbaijani War
(1918–1920)
Armenia First Republic of Armenia Azerbaijan 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)
Armenia First Republic of Armenia  Georgia Indecisive
Turkish–Armenian War/Soviet invasion of Armenia
(1920)
Armenia First Republic of Armenia Turkey
 Russian SFSR
Defeat
Soviet Social Republic of Armenia (1920–1991)
World War II
(1939–1945)
 Soviet Union Germany 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
 Nagorno-Karabakh
 Azerbaijan
Victory
Four-Day War
(2016)
 Nagorno-Karabakh
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
Inconclusive
  • Azerbaijan takes 800–2,000 hectares of land.
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war
(2020)
 Artsakh
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan Defeat[4]

See also

References

  1. Moses, of Khoren, activeth century (1978). History of the Armenians. Robert W. Thomson. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. pp. 185–187, 193–196. ISBN 0-674-39571-9. OCLC 3168093.
  2. J.F., Movses Dasxuranci. Dowsett, Charles (1961). The history of Caucasian Albanians. Oxford U.P. OCLC 65041919.
  3. The Georgian chronicles of Kʻartʻlis Cʻxovreba (A History of Georgia) : translated and with commentary. Stephen Jones, Roin Metreveli, Sakʿartʿvelos mecʿnierebatʿa akademia. Komissii︠a︡ po istochnikam istorii Gruzii. Tʻbilisi. 2014. pp. 31–34. ISBN 9941-445-52-4. OCLC 883445390.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal". BBC. 10 November 2020. The BBC's Orla Guerin in Baku says that, overall, the deal should be read as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia.
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