Before the end of the 1st century BC, the Armenian Empire was conquered by the Roman Empire and what is today Armenia, was used as a battleground and buffer zone between the Roman Empire and the Parthians, who ruled Persia. In the 1st century AD, a Roman- Parthian treaty was signed giving the Parthians rule over Armenia, but when a new dynasty came to power in the 3rd century AD and tried to seize Armenia, the Romans gained control of Armenia and crowned Tiridates III as king. ... For a while the Bolsheviks allowed Armenia to govern itself as a socialist republic, but a year later, the Bolshe...

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ARMENIA Armenia, republic in Western Asia, bordered by Georgia to the North, Azerbaijani to the East, Turkey to the West and South, and Iran to the South. ... Formerly a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Armenia is an extremely mountainous country with a limited amount of arable land. ... The current republic of Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union on September 21, 1991. ... Tigranes" empire came under the control of the Roman Empire before the end of the 1st century. In the 1st century ad a Parthian-Roman treaty installed the Part...

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Three former Soviet republics - Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - are situated in the area between the Main Caucasian Range and the River of Araz. ... Located at the meeting point of southeastern Europe and western borders of Asia this region was historically under the influence of Roman Empire, Greeks and later Mongols, Persians, and Turks. ...

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