Vrtanes I of Armenia

When did Vrtanes I die?

Vrtanes I of Armenia is dated d. c. AD 342 in the archive, which places Vrtanes I in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

Which early sources mention Vrtanes I?

Vrtanes I of Armenia is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from P'awstos Buzand. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Vrtanes I from?

The archive associates Vrtanes I of Armenia with Armenia.

Who were Vrtanes I’s contemporaries?

The archive links Vrtanes I of Armenia to 4 other figures, including Aristaces I of Armenia, Husik I of Armenia, Grigoris of the Albanians and Nerses I the Great. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

[First attested ~130 years after his tenure. P'awstos relates that a mob of the district of Sopk', stirred — he says — by the queen whose vices the chief-priest had rebuked, rose to kill Vrtanes at the altar of the great shrine of Ashtishat, and was held rooted where it stood until the archbishop prayed for its release.]